Welcome to Visit Cathcart Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cathcart
Visit Cathcart places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Cathcart places to visit. A unique way to experience Cathcart’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Cathcart as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Cathcart Walkfo Preview Cathcart (Scots: Kithcart, Scottish Gaelic: Coille Chart) is an area of Glasgow between Battlefield, Mount Florida, King’s Park, Muirend and Newlands. In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive postcode areas to live in Scotland. When you visit Cathcart, Walkfo brings Cathcart places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Cathcart Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cathcart
Visit Cathcart – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 148 audio plaques & Cathcart places for you to explore in the Cathcart area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Cathcart places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Cathcart history
Cathcart is mainly a residential area, containing a mix of tenements, terraces and villas built from red or blonde sandstone. The area was originally part of the Parish of Govan in Renfrewshire. Most of the ancient parish was annexed by the City of Glasgow in 1912.
Why visit Cathcart with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Cathcart places with Walkfo Cathcart to hear history at Cathcart’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cathcart has 148 places to visit in our interactive Cathcart map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cathcart, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cathcart places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cathcart & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 148 audio facts unique to Cathcart places in an interactive Cathcart map you can explore.”
Walkfo Cathcart tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Cathcart
Best Cathcart places to visit
Cathcart has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cathcart’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cathcart’s information audio spots:
Mansewood Mansewood (Scots: Mansewid) is a residential district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde and is surrounded by the districts of Eastwood, Hillpark, Pollokshaws in Glasgow and Thornliebank and Giffnock.
East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland . Until 1975, it formed part of the county of Renfreyshire for local government purposes . It was formed in 1996 as a successor to the Eastwood district, with the Levern Valley being annexed .
Muirend Muirend is situated about 4 miles (6.5 km) south of Glasgow city centre. The G44 postcode was rated as the most desirable area of Scotland to live in. Neighbouring areas include Cathcart, Merrylee and Newlands.
Cathcart Cemetery Cathcart Cemetery is a cemetery in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, which was opened in 1878 . It is named after the nearby neighbourhood of Cathcart on the southern outskirts of Glasgow, but does not actually fall within the city boundaries .
Strathbungo Strathbungo grew up as a small village built along the Pollokshaws Road, one of the main arteries leading southwards from the centre of Glasgow, adjoined by the Camphill Estate, now part of Queens Park. The feudal superiors, the Maxwells of Pollok, preferred the name Marchtown, and this name is seen on some old maps.
St Andrew’s Cross, Glasgow St Andrew’s Cross, also known as Eglinton Toll, is a road junction in the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. The junction is known as the St Andrew Cross.
Tradeston Tradeston (Scots: Tredstoun) is a small district in the Scottish city of Glasgow adjacent to the city centre on the south bank of the River Clyde.
Tradeston Flour Mills explosion The Tradeston Flour Mills exploded on 9 July 1872. Eighteen people died and at least 16 were injured. The mill was owned by Matthew Muir & Sons and had been in operation for 30 years.
A730 road A730 road in Scotland runs between the centre of Glasgow and the south-eastern edge of the city’s urban area at Cathkin.
Visit Cathcart plaques
17 plaques hereCathcart has 17 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Cathcart plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Cathcart using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Cathcart plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Cathcart audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Cathcart allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Cathcart’s 148 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Cathcart freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Cathcart Map App
Our visit Cathcart map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Cathcart & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Cathcart tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Cathcart centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Cathcart area at LONG:-4.2679, LAT:55.8195.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Cathcart, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
● Cathcart Trinity Church ● Clarkston explosion ● Millbrae Crescent ● Couper Institute Library ● Holmwood House ● Cathcart ● Linn Park, Glasgow ● Langside ● Cathcart Castle ● Clarkston RFC ● Battlefield, Glasgow ● Dams to Darnley Country Park ● Overlee Playing Fields ● Simshill ● Battle of Langside ● Cathcart Old Church ● Glasgow Victoria Infirmary ● Mount Florida ● Lesser Hampden ● New Victoria Hospital ● Queen’s Park, Glasgow ● Hampden Park ● Scottish Football Hall of Fame ● Hampden Park (1873–83) ● King’s Park, Glasgow ● Crosshill Queen’s Park Church ● Camphill Queen’s Park Baptist Church ● Queen’s Park Govanhill Parish Church ● Croftfoot ● Langside Synagogue ● Castlemilk ● Toryglen Regional Football Centre ● Crossmyloof ● Titwood ● Crosshill, Glasgow ● Strathbungo ● Category Is Books ● Carmunnock ● Bogany Flats ● Castlemilk House ● Toryglen ● Rutherglen Glencairn F.C. ● Cathkin Park (1872–1903) ● Fireworks Village ● Govanhill Trinity Church ● Govanhill Picture House ● Strathbungo Parish Church ● Govanhill ● Govanhill Baths ● Rutherglen Town Hall ● Rutherglen ● Rutherglen Castle ● Shawfield ● CamGlen Radio ● Polmadie TRSMD ● Shawfield Amateurs F.C. ● Haggs Castle ● Rosebery Park ● Pollokshields Burgh Hall ● Pollokshields ● Sherbrooke Mosspark Church ● Shields Junction ● Pollokshields Parish Church ● Pollokshields Library ● Kinning Park (sports ground) ● Bellahouston ● Ibrox Parish Church ● Tramway (arts centre) ● Kinning Park ● St Ninian’s, Pollokshields, Glasgow ● Royal Samaritan Hospital ● St Andrew’s Cross, Glasgow ● Kingston, Glasgow ● Kingston Bridge, Glasgow ● Tradeston ● Laurieston, Glasgow ● New Bedford Cinema ● Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal ● Gorbals ● TAG Theatre Company ● Citizens Theatre ● Glasgow Sheriff Court ● Southern Necropolis ● Adelphi Whisky ● Glasgow Central Mosque ● Victoria Bridge, Glasgow ● City Union Bridge ● Albert Bridge, Glasgow ● Clyde Amateur Rowing Club ● Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club ● World Pipe Band Championships ● Nelson Monument, Glasgow ● Strathclyde Grain distillery ● Kinclaith ● Hutchesontown ● Glasgow Green ● Glasgow University Boat Club ● King’s Bridge, Glasgow ● Oatlands, Glasgow ● Braehead Park ● Rutherglen Bridge ● Polmadie Bridge ● Glasgow Rowing Club ● Barrowfield Park ● Glasgow National Hockey Centre ● Thistle F.C. ● Giffnock ● Netherlee ● Clarkston, East Renfrewshire ● Scottish Football Museum ● Cathkin Park ● Polmadie ● Dumbreck ● Hutchesontown C ● Tradeston Flour Mills explosion ● Strathclyde University Boat Club
Getting to / around Cathcart – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Cathcart using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Cathcart places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Cathcart Public Transport Stations
Cathcart Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Thornliebank railway station
Kennishead railway station
Giffnock railway station
Williamwood railway station
Pollokshaws West railway station
Muirend railway station
Pollokshaws East railway station
Langside railway station
Clarkston railway station
Cathcart railway station
Shawlands railway station
Mount Florida railway station
King’s Park railway station
Crossmyloof railway station
Queens Park railway station (Scotland)
Crosshill railway station
Pollokshields West railway station
Croftfoot railway station
Strathbungo railway station
Rutherglen railway station
Maxwell Park railway station
Dumbreck railway station
Bellahouston railway station
Kinning Park subway station
Pollokshields railway station
Shields railway station
Shields Road railway station
Pollokshields East railway station
Shields Road subway station
West Street subway station
Eglinton Street railway station
Southside railway station
Cumberland Street railway station
Bridge Street subway station
Bridge Street railway station
Main Street railway station (Glasgow)
Gorbals railway station
Gushetfaulds railway station
A727 road
A749 road
Glasgow Shields Road TMD
Victoria Road drill hall
Kilbirnie Street fire
A730 road
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Local Cathcart historians & Cathcart tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Cathcart? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Cathcart’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Cathcart place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Cathcart Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Cathcart destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Cathcart’ web pages (for example: www.visitCathcart.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Cathcart places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Cathcart places to visit. A unique way to experience Cathcart’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Cathcart as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Cathcart places with Walkfo Cathcart to hear history at Cathcart’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cathcart has 148 places to visit in our interactive Cathcart map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cathcart, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cathcart places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cathcart & the surrounding areas.
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