Welcome to Visit Drumchapel Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Drumchapel
Visit Drumchapel places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Drumchapel places to visit. A unique way to experience Drumchapel’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Drumchapel as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Drumchapel (Scottish Gaelic: Druim a’ Chapaill) is known to locals and residents as ‘The Drum’ The name derives from the Gaelic meaning ‘the ridge of the horse’ A huge housing estate was built here in the 1950s to house 34,000 people. The area had well-known social problems, notably anti-social behaviour and degeneration of post-war housing. When you visit Drumchapel, Walkfo brings Drumchapel places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Drumchapel Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Drumchapel
Visit Drumchapel – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 76 audio plaques & Drumchapel places for you to explore in the Drumchapel area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Drumchapel places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Drumchapel history
Drumchapel was part of the parish of New Kilpatrick, becoming devolved in the late 19th century. The Old Church was built in 1901 for an increasing local population. The parish boundary was redrawn to create the new parish of St Margarets in Knightswood.
Drumchapel geography / climate
The population of Drumchapel fell by 22% between 1996 and 2012 to 13,000. The housing in the area is now 72% post-war tenement and 6% multi-storey flats.
Why visit Drumchapel with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Drumchapel places with Walkfo Drumchapel to hear history at Drumchapel’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Drumchapel has 76 places to visit in our interactive Drumchapel 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 Drumchapel, 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 Drumchapel places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Drumchapel & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit Drumchapel Places Map
76 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Drumchapel historic spots | Drumchapel tourist destinations | Drumchapel plaques | Drumchapel geographic features |
Walkfo Drumchapel tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Drumchapel |
Best Drumchapel places to visit
Drumchapel has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Drumchapel’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Drumchapel’s information audio spots:
Braehead
Braehead (Scots: Braeheid, Gaelic: Ceann a’ Bhruthaich) is a commercial development located at the former site of a power station in Renfrew. It is particularly notable for its large shopping centre, arena and leisure facilities. The shopping centre was rebranded in 2013 and carried that name until 2020.
Visit Drumchapel plaques
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plaques
here Drumchapel has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Drumchapel 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 Drumchapel using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Drumchapel plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.