Glasgow Area Guide V2

AREA GUIDE Your guide to GLASGOW Clifton & Stewart Houses Clifton & Stewart Houses are located in trendy West End of Glasgow, close to a variety of sweet independent coffee shops, pubs, restaurants and cafés. To help you navigate your way around this up and coming city, we’ve put together this handy guide of places not to miss. So delve into your new home city, and see how many you can tick off! Food MISTER SINGH’S INDIA 1 minute walk Mister Singh's cooks up some of the best Indian cuisine in Glasgow with a unique Scottish twist. Mister Singh’s offers an extensive menu with welcoming staff, an award winning Pakora Masterclass, and amazing offers for students and groups. ARCAFFE 1 minute walk Located next to Clifton House and Kelvingrove Park, Arcaffe serves everything from coffees and lunches to three course evening meals. Arcaffe serves authentic Italian dishes, with freshly hand made pizzas and several pasta dishes, with a selection of Italian wines and Prosecco. ATHENA GREEK TAVERNA 1 minute walk Bars Located next door to Stewart House, Athena offers 20 minute walk authentic Greek and Mediterranean cuisine, as well as ASHTON LANE great deals for groups and students A cobbled lane tucked in a lane off Byers Road, Ashton lane is lined with bars, restaurants and even a boutique cinema, The Grosvenor. Many of the bars including Brel and Vodka Wodka have beer gardens and so it is a perfect spot on a The Universities sunny day! FINNIESTON 5 minute walk Clifton and Stewart House is located 10 minutes walk away The area between the city centre and the West from the University of Glasgow End, Finnieston, is the up and coming trendy area and the Glasgow School of Art. of Glasgow. Argyle Street is lined with lots of Caledonian University, the Royal Conservatoire and the quirky bars, pop-ups, events and restaurants. City of Glasgow College are a 5 minute walk 15 minute walk away and the BRASS MONKEY University of Strathclyde is a Ideal for some cocktails, music, student promos 25 minute walk. All are or to watch the sports game. accessible by Bus. STUDENT ACCOMMODATION WWW.CRM-STUDENTS.COM/CLIFTONANDSTEWART AREA GUIDE as so ow h meth asg ing Gl f , or ic e s v u e r m y o o t n s e ” m u e s u m m o r F “ Entertainment There is an extensive range of things to do in Glasgow, some of which is within walking distance of Clifton and Stewart House. From museums to music, Glasgow has something for everyone. THE SECC & THE HYDRO Travel 5 minute walk BY BUS BY UNDERGROUND The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) is Scotland’s premier national venue for public events, concerts and conventions. There are two bus stops located on The fifteen stations of the The SSE Hydro is Scotland’s best entertainment venue, showcasing Sauchiehall street, 2 minutes walk Subway are distributed over a national and international music megastars, as well as global from Clifton & Stewart House; one 10 km circuit of the West End entertainment and sporting events. which takes you towards the city and City Centre of Glasgow, centre and the bus stop on the other with eight stations to the North side of Sauchiehall Street will take of the River Clyde and seven to KELVINGROVE PARK AND MUSEUM you further into the west end via the the South. There are two lines: 5/10 minute walk University of Glasgow. an Outer Circle running Buchanan Bus station is located on clockwise and an Inner Circle Clifton and Stewart House are located next to Kelvingrove Park, and running anticlockwise. The a 10 minute walk to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The park Killermont Street in the city centre, a nearest subway stations to features a 5 a side football pitch, a café and a bandstand. 20 minute walk from Clifton & Stewart Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is adjacent to the park and House. From here, you can get buses Clifton & Stewart House are near the main campus of the University of Glasgow. The museum is travelling all over Scotland, including Kelvinbridge and St George’s free to enter and hosts some of the best collections in the UK, Glasgow and Edinburgh airport. Cross, both, a 15 minute walk outside of London. away. More information can be Bus timetables can be found on found on www.citylink.co.uk www.spt.co.uk/subway BUCHANAN STREET 20 minute walk BY TRAIN Glasgow is the best shopping city in the UK outside of London. Charing Cross station and the Exhibition Centre station are a 10 minute Buchanan Street, the so- called Style Mile, hosts a variety of high walk away. These stations run services to both Central Station and Queen street and designer stores. Buchanan Galleries, an indoor shopping Street Station which both provide services all across Scotland. centre, is home to over 80 shops. www.scotrail.co.uk STUDENT ACCOMMODATION WWW.CRM-STUDENTS.COM/CLIFTONANDSTEWART.

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