Welcome to Visit Toryglen Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Toryglen


Visit Toryglen PlacesVisit Toryglen places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Toryglen places to visit. A unique way to experience Toryglen’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Toryglen as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Toryglen is a district in southern Glasgow, Scotland, falling within the Langside ward under Glasgow City Council. It is approximately two miles south of the city centre, bounded to the west by Mount Florida, Polmadie and King’s Park. When you visit Toryglen, Walkfo brings Toryglen places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Toryglen Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Toryglen


Visit Toryglen – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 251 audio plaques & Toryglen places for you to explore in the Toryglen area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Toryglen places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Toryglen with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Toryglen PlacesYou can visit Toryglen places with Walkfo Toryglen to hear history at Toryglen’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Toryglen has 251 places to visit in our interactive Toryglen 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 Toryglen, 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 Toryglen places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Toryglen & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 251 audio facts unique to Toryglen places in an interactive Toryglen map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Toryglen Places Map
251 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Toryglen historic spots

  Toryglen tourist destinations

  Toryglen plaques

  Toryglen geographic features

Walkfo Toryglen tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Toryglen

  

Best Toryglen places to visit


Toryglen has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Toryglen’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Toryglen’s information audio spots:

Toryglen photo 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.
Toryglen photo 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 .
Toryglen photo 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.
Toryglen photo Burnside railway station
Burnside railway station serves the Burnside and Blairbeth areas of the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland . The station is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines, which has been electrified since 1962 by British Railways .
Toryglen photo 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.
Toryglen photo 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.
Toryglen photo Athletes’ Village (Glasgow 2014)
The Athletes Village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games was situated on a 35-hectare (86-acre) site, in the east end of Glasgow. The site was used as accommodation for up to 8,000 athletes and officials from all over the Commonwealth nations. After the games, the site was further developed and has up to 1,400 homes, a portion of which are available for social rental.
Toryglen photo 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.
Toryglen photo Equestrian statue of William III, Glasgow
The equestrian statue of William III in Cathedral Square, Glasgow, is a 1735 work by an unknown sculptor. It is the work of a sculptor unknown.
Toryglen photo 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 Toryglen plaques


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Toryglen has 49 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Toryglen 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 Toryglen using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Toryglen plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.