July 2014 Version 3

GLASGOW CITY ROAD COURSES Essential Venue Guide

Glasgow Green will host the start and finishing points of the free Glasgow 2014 events: Athletics (Marathon), Cycling (Road Race) and Cycling (Time Trial). Marathon athletes will have their endurance tested to the limits on a 42.2 kilometre course around the streets of Glasgow. The Road Race event will hit the roads of Glasgow, while the Time Trial will circle out from the city through the countryside of North and East Dunbartonshire. At the Glasgow City Road Courses

Schedule

Athletics (Marathon) 27 July 2014 42.195km (26.2 miles). Competition starts 09.00 (Men’s) and 09.30 (Women’s).

Cycling (Time Trial) 31 July 2014 30 km (18.6 miles), single lap (Women’s); 40km (24.9 miles), single lap (Men’s). Competition starts 10.00 (Women’s) and 12.30 (Men’s).

Cycling (Road Race) 3 August 2014 14.4km per lap, 7 laps women (98km), 12 laps men (172km) Competition starts at the new time of 08.00 (Women’s) and 12.00 (Men’s).

The road courses for Athletics (Marathon) and Cycling (Road Race and Time Trial) will be lined with barriers and provided with pedestrian crossing points along the route. Although these are non-ticketed events without designated regulations, restrictions or facilities, we ask that you:

– act considerately towards athletes and fellow spectators; – remain behind the barriers; – pay attention to the safety stewards; and – do not attempt to cross the route outside the fixed crossing points.

Roads will be closed from the early hours of the given dates and will open when safe to do so. Please plan any journeys accordingly.

The start and finish lines for all three Road events are at Glasgow Green. You can make your way to these points via the Glasgow Green Live Zone.

We recommend you walk or cycle wherever possible for your journey to the Games. Buchanan

Buchanan Queen Street

SECC Exhibition Centre Precinct Glasgow Central Ingram Street Science Centre High Street BBC Buchanan Street Merchant @the Quay City Clyde Arc Quay St Enoch Argyle Ibrox Broomielow Street Clyde Arc M8 Clyde Street A8 Ibrox Stadium A8 A8 A8 Paisley Road West Glasgow Green M8 A761 Cessnock People’s Palace M8 A 74 Ballater Street House for M77

an Art Lover Eglinton Street A 74 South Side Bellahouston Dumbreck Park A77 M 74 Marathon

Pollokshaws Road Pollokshields Key

East Dumbreck Road Dumbreck Rail route Terregles Avenue George Square M77 Maxwell Park Pollokshields West Event course Festival hub Park Train station M 74 The Burrell Collection Subway station Bus station A77 Queen’s Pedestrian Park crossing point Miles 0 1 Start/finish line Pollok House

Pollokshields Rutherglen A82

A81 West End CyclingA803 Byres Road Road Race

Gibson Street A879 Key Woodlands Road A82 Rail route Glasgow University George Square Kelvinhall Park Circus Event course Kelvingrove Kelvingrove Bandstand M8 Art Gallery M8 & Museum Festival hub The Tenement Train station Kelvingrove House Lawn Bowls Subway station Centre Sauchiehall Street Bus station Buchanan M8 Charing Cross Pedestrian crossing point M8 West George Street Start/finish line Blythswood Street River Clyde Buchanan St Vincent Street Queen Street Cathedral Street SECC Exhibition Glasgow Precinct Centre Rottenrow Cathedral

Central Merchant East Glasgow Glasgow GOMA City Science High Street Necropolis End Centre BBC @the Quay

Argyle River Clyde St Enoch Street Festival Park A77 M8 A89 A8 Ibrox A8 A8 Gorbals A8 Glasgow People’s Green Palace

M8 M8 A 74

M 74 Bridgeton A 74 Glasgow Green A 74 A77 Bridgeton Miles 0 1 Glasgow National Pollokshields Hockey Centre Lenzie M80

Gad Loch Moodiesburn B757 Gartferry Road

B819 M73 Cycling Time Trial Cycling Time (Men’s and Women’s) Trial (Men’s)

Bishopbriggs B812 Chryston Drumcavel Road

M80 Muirhead

A752

Johnston Glenboig A80 Loch Park Stepps M80 Gartcosh

Cardowan Moss M73 Loch

A80 M80 The Seven Lochs Cycling Lethamhill Wetland Park Golf Course Time Trial M8 Key M8 M8 Buchanan Alexandra Park Rail route A8 Cumbernauld Road Queen Street A8 George Square Central A8 Glasgow M8 Necropolis Merchant Dennistoun Event course City A8 Festival hub Train station A89 A 74 A8 East Subway station

End A8 A89 M8 Bus station Glasgow A89 A 74 A 74 Green Tollcross Pedestrian Park crossing point Tollcross M8 M 74 M73 Start line Miles 0 2 A 74 Golf Course Finish Line

A 74 The Road Courses sports Out and about in Glasgow

– The People’s Palace and Winter Gardens – Glasgow Cathedral The People’s Palace on Glasgow The most complete medieval Green is home to a collection of cathedral on the Scottish mainland historical artefacts, photographs, is still a working church. It houses prints and film. A visit here will give the atmospheric crypt of St Mungo, you an intriguing insight into the lives Glasgow’s patron saint. The Cathedral of ordinary Glaswegians from the is full of intriguing features – look for Do you know your back to front racing from running on the blue line? 18th century to the present day. the tomb of Bishop Wishart, a key Find out more about Cycling (Road Race and Time Trial) and Access via the Glasgow Green supporter of Robert the Bruce, and the Athletics (Marathon) at: Live Zone. carving of a lucky ladybird. glasgow2014.com/sports – Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum – The Burrell Collection and Pollok Park It’s one of Europe’s great art collections This country park is the largest green If you’re inspired to have a go, there are hundreds of ways to unleash your sporty - all housed and displayed in 22 space in Glasgow and also one of side after the Games. You can play, coach or volunteer – and a comprehensive list of state-of-the-art galleries. They contain the most tranquil. It’s the setting for opportunites across can be discovered here: paintings and sculptures, silver and Highland cattle, heavy horses, walled ceramics, European armour, weapons gardens, an elegant Georgian house sportscotland.org.uk/unleash and firearms, clothing and furniture. and the breathtaking Burrell Collection, one of the largest art collections ever For physical activity opportunities in Glasgow, call Glasgow Sport on 0800 027 0470. – Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery created by a single person. and Mackintosh House The Hunterian Art Gallery houses the – Commonwealth Flotilla largest single holding of the work of The Flotilla will be the largest in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh, including River Clyde’s history, with more than the reassembled interiors of his own one thousand people participating Glasgow house. The Museum is home on 250 boats of all shapes and to many historic, natural and scientific sizes. Each vessel has the same artefacts, among them instruments mission – to celebrate the Games used by Scotland’s famous inventor, and the Commonwealth. James Watt, and objects from Captain Alternative formats of this document Cook’s Pacific voyages. are available on request. Email [email protected] or call 030 3333 2014.

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