The City of Glasgow and The Clyde Valley Itinerary - 3 Days 01. Kelvin Hall The Burrell Collection A unique partnership between Glasgow Life, the University of The famous Burrell Collection, one of the greatest art collections Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland has resulted in this ever amassed by one person and consisting of more than 8,000 historic building being transformed into an exciting new centre of objects, will reopen in Spring 2021. Housed in a new home in cultural excellence. Your clients can visit Kelvin Hall for free and see Glasgow’s Pollok Country Park, the Burrell’s renaissance will see the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive or take a the creation of an energy efficient, modern museum that will tour of the Glasgow Museums’ and the Hunterian’s store, alongside enable your clients to enjoy and better connect with the collection. enjoy a state-of-the art Glasgow Club health and fitness centre. The displays range from work by major artists including Rodin, Degas and Cézanne. 1445 Argyle Street Glasgow, G3 8AW Pollok Country Park www.kelvinhall.org.uk 2060 Pollokshaws Road Link to Trade Website Glasgow. G43 1AT www.glasgowlife.org.uk Link to Trade Website Distance between Kelvin Hall and Clydeside Distillery is 1.5 miles/2.4km Distance between The Burrell Collection and Glasgow city centre The Clydeside Distillery is 5 miles/8km The Clydeside Distillery is a Single Malt Scotch Whisky distillery, visitor experience, café, and specialist whisky shop in the heart of Glasgow. At Glasgow’s first dedicated Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery for over 100 years, your clients can choose a variety of tours, including whisky and chocolate paring. Your clients can also enjoy a visit to the shop and can even purchase a personalised, bespoke bottle of whisky, as well as a premium selection of whiskies. Private venue hire available. 100 Stobcross Road Glasgow, G3 8QQ www.theclydeside.com Link to Trade Website Distance between Clydeside Distillery and The Burrell Collection is 5.9 miles/9.4km Glasgow Music City Tours Glasgow’s Music City tours is an entertaining guided walk around the music hot spots of the city centre. Take your clients on a walk with Glasgow Music City Tours and explore their dive bars, flagship concert halls and the ghosts of long-gone gig venues. From the Royal Concert Hall to King Tut’s, the birthplace of Oasis, the Music Mile tour is a whistle-stop guide around Glasgow city centre, an area teeming with music venues past and present. Glasgow Scotland glasgowmusiccitytours.com Link to Trade Website The details provided above are subject to change from time to time. We suggest contacting establishments directly for up to date information. Groups Groups All groups Free Languages Seasonal Opening Open all year Accessible Green Tourism Coach 8—12 up to 24 all sizes independent spoken (as noted) access Business parking people people travellers Winter by sheme available appointment The City of Glasgow and The Clyde Valley Itinerary - 3 Days House for an Art Lover 02 House for an Art Lover was designed by the internationally renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh and is situated Walking tours in... Scotland in Bellahouston Park. The exterior of the House for an Art Lover Your clients can discover a has been realised in materials and craftsmanship as closely as different side to Glasgow on this possible to Mackintosh’s 1901 designs. Inside, your clients can visit street art and modern culture the entire layout of rooms, while he and his wife provided detailed tour. On this 2 hour-walk there’s interior designs for the double-height Entrance Hall, Dining Room, no cathedrals, grand buildings Oval Room and Music Room. or monuments, this is the Bellahouston Park real Glasgow. Your clients will meander down alleys and under 10 Dumbreck Road bridges to uncover some of the Glasgow, G41 5BW city’s most beautiful pieces of www.houseforanartlover.co.uk art that are taking over the walls Link to Trade Website by storm. From world-renowned heroes to local artists you’ll hear the stories and inspiration behind Distance between House of an Art Lover and Pollock House is each piece whilst learning about the scene in Glasgow art. Walking 1.8 miles/3km tours in... Scotland also offer tours in Inverness, St. Andrews and Stirling. George Square Glasgow, G2 1AL www.walkingtoursin.com Link to Trade Website People’s Palace People’s Palace is set in historic Glasgow Green and tells the story of Glasgow and its people from 1750 to the present day. The city’s social history can be explored through a wealth of historic artefacts, paintings, prints and photographs, film and interactive Pollok House computer displays. Your clients can follow the exhibits which give a This elegant stately home is one of the National Trust for wonderful insight into how Glaswegians lived, worked and played Scotland’s grandest properties and it is set in the scenic in years gone by. Outside the Winter Gardens, the restored Doulton surroundings of Pollok Country Park on the outskirts of Glasgow. Fountain stands pride of place on Glasgow Green. Your clients can explore luxurious rooms, discover the sumptuous Glasgow Green array of artefacts, view an extraordinary art collection and explore Glasgow, G40 1AT the vast servants’ quarters and scenic surroundings. Your clients can also enjoy a stroll through Pollok Country Park and sample the www.glasgowlife.org.uk delicious delights in the Edwardian Kitchen café. Link to Trade Website Pollok Country Park Glasgow, G43 1AT Distance between People’s Palace and House for an Art Lover is www.nts.org.uk 3.9 miles/6.2km Link to Trade Website Distance Pollok House and New Lanark Mill is 30 miles/48km The details provided above are subject to change from time to time. We suggest contacting establishments directly for up to date information. Groups Groups All groups Free Languages Seasonal Opening Open all year Accessible Green Tourism Coach 8—12 up to 24 all sizes independent spoken (as noted) access Business parking people people travellers Winter by sheme available appointment The City of Glasgow and The Clyde Valley Itinerary - 3 Days 03 Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre The fascinating visitor centre at Whitelee, the UK’s largest onshore windfarm, just 20 minutes outside Glasgow, offers exhibits about New Lanark Mill renewable energy and the chance to see the turbines at work. Its New Lanark World Heritage Site is a unique 18th century Mill 215 turbines are capable of generating up to 539 megawatts of Village sitting alongside the River Clyde. Founded in 1785 with a electricity on a windy day. Your clients can also find 130 kilometres focus on the welfare of mill workers, New Lanark became a model of trails to explore by foot, cycle, horse, or bus. Your clients can for industrial communities, until the last mill closed in the 1960s. enjoy panoramic views of the windfarm or even sit at the picnic A subsequent restoration programme resulted in New Lanark benches on the viewing deck if the sun is shining. becoming a World Heritage Site in 2001. At the visitor centre, your clients can learn the story of the mill, while nearby is the Falls of Moor Road Clyde wildlife reserve with its birds of prey and waterfalls. Eaglesham Glasgow, G76 0QQ Mill One www.whiteleewindfarm.co.uk New Lanark Mills Link to Trade Website Lanark, ML11 9DB www.newlanark.org Link to Trade Website Distance between Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre and The Dumbarton Castle is 32.4 miles/52.1km Distance between New Lanark and National Museum of Rural Life is 24.4 miles/39.2km National Museum of Rural Life Dumbarton Castle Explore life in the countryside at this five-star museum, historic Dumbarton Castle is located in the ancient capital of Scotland and farmhouse and working farm. In the museum, learn about the is spectacularly sited on a volcanic rock overlooking the River Clyde. land, people and ways of working that have shaped Scotland’s Your clients will conquer more than 500 steps to stand atop one of rural history, and discover Scotland’s largest collection of tractors Scotland’s greatest strongholds. The iconic Rock of the Clyde has and other farming machinery. Your clients can take a short walk heritage as breath taking as its views over the Clyde, Loch Lomond or tractor-trailer ride from the museum through the working farm. and Argyll. Your clients can admire great examples of 18th century Your clients can also meet the animals, and then visit the Georgian Georgian military architecture and stunning views from the Tower farmhouse where Lanarkshire’s Reid family lived for ten generations. Crag. Philipshill Road Castle Road East Kilbride, G76 9HR Dumbarton www.nms.ac.uk Dunbartonshire, G82 1JJ Link to Trade Website www.historicenvironment.scot Link to Trade Website Distance between National Museum of Rural Life and Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre is 7.5 miles/12km The details provided above are subject to change from time to time. We suggest contacting establishments directly for up to date information. Groups Groups All groups Free Languages Seasonal Opening Open all year Accessible Green Tourism Coach 8—12 up to 24 all sizes independent spoken (as noted) access Business parking people people travellers Winter by sheme available appointment Food and drink suggestions Accommodation suggestions Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor The Pipers’ Tryst 4-star Hotel adjacent to the Botanic Gardens with Connected to The National Piping Centre, guests 97 rooms and 5 meeting rooms from boardrooms can experience delicious Scottish fayre with a to ornated ballrooms. contemporary twist, with traditional favourites such as Haggis, Neeps & Tatties.