Lunchtime Walk 1 – Historical Time: c. 45 minutes (or longer if using the Glasgow Green add-on) Notes: involves some gradient walking _________________________________________ Route: Leaving the Conservatoire turn left on to Renfrew Street and then take the first right on to Hope Street. Walk one block, and take the left turn on to Sauchiehall Street. Walk to the end, turning right on to Buchanan Street. Continue down Buchanan Street until you reach All Saints on the left. Take that left, which leads you on to Royal Exchange Square with the Gallery of Modern Art in the middle. Carry on straight ahead and you will reach Ingram Street. Stay on Ingram Street until you reach the end, then turn right on to High Street. Pass the Merchant City Clock Tower and continue south on to Saltmarket, heading toward the river. Before you reach it you will come to Glasgow Green on your left. From Glasgow Green continue south on Saltmarket until you reach the river, and before crossing take a right turn on to Clyde Street. Continue along Clyde Street until you reach the junction at the Holiday Inn Express at Stockwell Street. Turn right and walk up Stockwell Street (this involves a light uphill gradient) passing Argos and Miller’s Art Shop until you reach Argyle Street. Turn left. Continue along Argyle Street until you reach House of Fraser and turn right, back up Buchanan Street (this involves a slightly greater uphill incline than Stockwell Street). Continue up Buchanan Street until you reach the Royal Concert Hall and the Donald Dewar Statue, then turn left back on to Sauchiehall Street and the homeward stretch. Continue along Sauchiehall Street until you have retraced your steps and reached the junction with Hope Street again, then turn right. After one block turn left on to Renfrew Street and return to base. .