Welcome to Visit Yorkhill Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Yorkhill
Visit Yorkhill places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Yorkhill places to visit. A unique way to experience Yorkhill’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Yorkhill as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Yorkhill Walkfo Preview Yorkhill (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Eabhraig) is situated north of the River Clyde in the West End of Glasgow. It is known for its famous hospitals and remains the location of the West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital. The Kelvin Hall is located in Yorkhill, and the Glasgow Museum of Transport was located in the building from 1987 to 2010. When you visit Yorkhill, Walkfo brings Yorkhill places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Yorkhill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Yorkhill
Visit Yorkhill – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 379 audio plaques & Yorkhill places for you to explore in the Yorkhill area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Yorkhill places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Yorkhill history
The ancient name of the lands was Over Newton. It is thought that a small Roman station existed on Yorkhill. In 1868, while workmen were trenching ground on the summit of the hill, they found Roman remains.
Why visit Yorkhill with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Yorkhill places with Walkfo Yorkhill to hear history at Yorkhill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Yorkhill has 379 places to visit in our interactive Yorkhill 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 Yorkhill, 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 Yorkhill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Yorkhill & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 379 audio facts unique to Yorkhill places in an interactive Yorkhill map you can explore.”
Walkfo Yorkhill tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Yorkhill
Best Yorkhill places to visit
Yorkhill has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Yorkhill’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Yorkhill’s information audio spots:
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.
Moorepark, Glasgow Moorepark is a small area in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Situated south of the River Clyde and part of the former Burgh of Govan. It was colloquially referred to as ‘Wine Alley’ during the 20th century.
Sandyford, Glasgow Sandyford is north of the River Clyde and forms part of the western periphery of Glasgow. Formerly the name of a ward under Glasgow Town Council in the early 20th century. It is within a continuous area of dense urban development bordering several other neighbourhoods.
Kelvinside Kelvinside is situated north of the River Clyde and is bounded by Broomhill, Dowanhill and Hyndland. It is an affluent area of Glasgow, with large Victorian villas and terraces. As with Morningside, Edinburgh, residents are sometimes said to have a “pan loaf” accent.
1990 Auckland Jewish daycare stabbing A mentally ill woman attacked the playground of the Jewish Kadimah School’s daycare in Central Auckland, stabbing four children with a knife. The attack continued as other young students looked on “in horror”, while members of staff ran to help the children. The woman, 52-year-old Pauline Janet Williamson, was eventually disarmed by a male teacher. The children, aged 6 to 8, were hospitalised immediately afterwards.
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.
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.
Chinatown, Glasgow Chinatown in Glasgow is a Chinese shopping complex that opened in 1992 in Cowcaddens. Chinatown is a shopping complex in the Scottish city. It is located in the centre of the city’s Chinatown.
Clydeside distillery Clydeside distillery is the first active distillery in Glasgow for over 100 years. When production began in 2017 it was the first to produce Scotch whisky in Glasgow.
Visit Yorkhill plaques
59 plaques hereYorkhill has 59 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Yorkhill 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 Yorkhill using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Yorkhill plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Yorkhill audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Yorkhill allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Yorkhill’s 379 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Yorkhill freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Yorkhill Map App
Our visit Yorkhill map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Yorkhill & 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 Yorkhill tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Yorkhill centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Yorkhill area at LONG:-4.298167, LAT:55.871075.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Yorkhill, 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.
Things to do & visit in Yorkhill / surrounding areas
● Haggs Castle ● Pollokshields Burgh Hall ● Pollokshields ● Sherbrooke Mosspark Church ● Shields Junction ● Pollokshields Parish Church ● Pollokshields Library ● Kinning Park (sports ground) ● Bellahouston ● Ibrox Parish Church ● Walmer Crescent ● Cessnock, Glasgow ● Tramway (arts centre) ● Kinning Park ● St Ninian’s, Pollokshields, Glasgow ● Glasgow Garden Festival ● House for an Art Lover ● Plantation, Glasgow ● Bellahouston Park ● Empire Exhibition, Scotland ● Tait Tower ● St Andrew’s Cross, Glasgow ● Ibrox Park (1887–99) ● Ibrox Stadium ● Kingston, Glasgow ● 1902 Ibrox disaster ● Govan Town Hall ● Pacific Quay ● BBC Radio Scotland ● BBC Pacific Quay
● Media Village Scotland ● Glasgow Science Centre ● Bell’s Bridge ● Glasgow Seaplane Terminal ● Glasgow Harbour Tunnel Rotundas ● Kingston Bridge, Glasgow ● Millennium Bridge, Glasgow ● Glasgow Tower ● SEC Armadillo ● Crowne Plaza Glasgow ● Tradeston ● Moorepark, Glasgow ● Laurieston, Glasgow ● New Bedford Cinema ● SSE Hydro ● NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital ● SEC Centre ● Mosspark ● Tradeston Bridge ● HMS Dalriada ● Finnieston ● Finnieston distillery ● Broomielaw ● Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal ● Gorbals ● Rossvale F.C. ● Glasgow Girls F.C. ● George V Bridge, Glasgow ● The Pyramid at Anderston ● Argyle Building, Glasgow ● Craigton, Glasgow ● TAG Theatre Company ● Caledonian Railway Bridge ● Citizens Theatre ● Glasgow Bridge, Glasgow ● Anderston Centre ● Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow ● Glasgow Sheriff Court ● Halfway, Glasgow ● Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church ● Adelphi Whisky ● Yorkhill Parade drill hall ● Optimo ● Glasgow Central Mosque ● New Govan Parish Church ● Sandyford, Glasgow ● The Tron Church at Kelvingrove ● Classic Grand ● Elphinstone Place ● Victoria Bridge, Glasgow ● Glenlee (ship) ● The Glasgow Gaiety Theatre ● St Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow ● Glasgow (district) ● The Metropole Theatre ● 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash ● The Briggait ● Glasgow Women’s Library ● Glasgow St Enoch rail accident ● St. Enoch Centre ● The 13th Note Café ● City Union Bridge ● Glasgow Print Studio ● Merchant City ● Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery ● Saltmarket ● Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Anne, Glasgow ● Tron Theatre ● Trongate ● Tobacco Merchant’s House ● Albert Bridge, Glasgow ● Candleriggs ● St Enoch Square ● St Andrew’s-by-the-Green ● Merchant City Festival ● Clyde Model Dockyard ● St Andrew’s Square, Glasgow ● St Andrew’s in the Square ● Princes Square ● Glasgay! Festival ● Glasgow LGBT Centre ● Glasgow City Halls ● 2014 Glasgow bin lorry crash ● Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, Glasgow ● Hutchesons’ Hall ● Queens Theatre, Glasgow ● Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow ● Royal Exchange Square ● The Ramshorn ● The Lighthouse, Glasgow ● Glasgow International Comedy Festival ● Glasgow ● Ramshorn Cemetery ● Glasgow City Chambers ● George Square ● The Egyptian Halls ● The Arches (Glasgow) ● Ca d’Oro Building ● Turing Institute ● University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre ● The Horse Shoe Bar ● Glasgow Stock Exchange ● St George’s Tron Church ● University of Strathclyde Students’ Association ● Livingstone Tower ● Greater Glasgow ● James Weir Building ● Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow ● Alhambra Theatre Glasgow ● Glasgow International Jazz Festival ● Rottenrow ● Glasgow city centre ● St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art ● Glasgow hotel stabbings ● Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ● Green’s Playhouse ● Lion Chambers ● Glasgow Lock Hospital ● Glasgow Royal Concert Hall ● Glasgow Empire Theatre ● St Andrew House, Glasgow ● Townhead ● Andersonian Library ● Barony Hall ● Cineworld Glasgow ● Royalty Theatre, Glasgow ● The Apollo (Glasgow) ● Pavilion Theatre (Glasgow) ● Provand’s Lordship ● Burns Howff ● James White (1812–1884) ● Bishop’s Castle, Glasgow ● Cathedral Square, Glasgow ● The National (Scotland) ● Blythswood Square ● Archdiocese of Glasgow ● Theatre Royal, Glasgow ● King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut ● Edinburgh Folk Club ● Blythswood Hill ● Willow Tearooms ● Glasgow Art Club ● Alexandra Music Hall ● Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts ● Glasgow Caledonian University ● National Piping Centre ● St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow ● Glasgow Film Theatre ● St Mungo’s Church, Glasgow ● Adelaide Place Baptist Church ● McLellan Galleries ● Partick South Parish Church ● Partick Library ● Partick Cross ● Yorkhill ● Partick Castle ● Cottiers, Glasgow ● Partick Burgh Hall ● Partick Trinity Church ● Archives of the University of Glasgow ● Hamilton Crescent ● Western Infirmary ● Partickhill ● Glasgow Museum of Transport ● West End Festival ● West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital ● Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena ● Kelvin Hall ● Partick ● Riverside Museum ● Cameronians War Memorial ● 1 Prince’s Terrace ● River Kelvin ● Dowanhill ● Ashton Lane ● Curlers Rest ● Govan-Partick Bridge ● Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum ● Lion and Unicorn Staircase ● Queen Margaret Union ● University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel ● Meadowside ● Subcity Radio ● Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery ● Glasgow University Library ● Glasgow Harbour ● Geological Society of Glasgow ● Hyndland Parish Church ● University of Glasgow Memorial Gates ● Govan Old Parish Church ● Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Luke, Glasgow ● Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Glasgow ● Govandale Park ● University of Glasgow ● Western Baths ● Wellington Church ● Hyndland ● Thornwood, Glasgow ● St Bride’s Church, Glasgow ● Amaryllis (restaurant) ● Kelvingrove Park ● International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry ● Hyndland EMU Depot ● Botanic Gardens Garage ● Hillhead ● Òran Mór ● Glasgow University Union ● Meadowside Granary ● Glasgow Botanic Gardens ● Balshagray Victoria Park Church ● CaVa Studios ● Hughenden, Glasgow ● Govan Shipbuilders ● NHS Centre for Integrative Care, Glasgow ● Kelvingrove, Glasgow ● One Devonshire Gardens ● Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow ● Tchai-Ovna ● Fairfield Offices ● Broomhill Parish Church ● Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre ● Park District, Glasgow ● Kelvinside ● Broomhill, Glasgow ● 22 Park Circus, Glasgow ● Gartnavel General Hospital ● Kelvinbridge ● Websters Theatre, Glasgow ● Woodlands, Glasgow ● Kelvin Stevenson Memorial Church ● Gartnavel Royal Hospital ● Elder Park, Govan ● Burnbank Park ● St John’s Renfield Church ● St. Jude’s Church, Glasgow ● Curtain Theatre (Glasgow) ● St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow ● Inchview ● Clyde Tunnel ● Walcheren Barracks ● Whiteinch ● North Kelvinside ● Woodside, Glasgow ● Glasgow Hawks RFC ● Arlington Baths Club ● Kelvinside Academicals RFC ● Linthouse ● Glasgow City Heliport ● Victoria Park, Glasgow ● St George’s Cross, Glasgow ● Wyndford ● Mitchell Library ● Charing Cross, Glasgow ● Ruchill Church Hall ● Ruchill Parish Church ● Glasgow Soldiers’ Home ● Elmbank Gardens ● Kelvindale ● Anderston ● Tenement House (Glasgow) ● The Garage, Glasgow ● Stockline Plastics factory explosion ● Maryhill Barracks ● Drumoyne ● Craigton Cemetery ● St Anthony’s F.C. ● Glasgow Clinical Research Facility ● Southern General Hospital ● Queen Elizabeth University Hospital ● Shieldhall ● Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow ● King George V Dock, Glasgow ● Barclay Curle Crane ● Jordanhill ● University of Strathclyde Faculty of Education ● Scotstoun Stadium ● Scotstoun Parish Church ● Jordanhill Parish Church, Glasgow ● Fossil Grove ● All Saints Church, Jordanhill ● New Anniesland ● Scotstoun ● Old Anniesland ● Anniesland ● Anniesland Court ● Knightswood ● Temple, Glasgow ● Knightswood St Margaret’s Parish Church ● Netherton, Glasgow ● Dawsholm Park ● Glasgow University RFC ● Glasgow University F.C. ● Gilshochill ● Stockingfield Junction ● Cadder, Glasgow ● Lochburn Park ● Maryhill Hibernians F.C. ● Summerston ● Lambhill ● Ruchill ● Ruchill Park ● Ruchill Hospital ● Queen’s Cross Church, Glasgow ● Parkhouse, Glasgow G22 ● Possilpark ● Hamiltonhill ● St Columba’s Catholic Church, Glasgow ● Oakbank Hospital ● Saracen Park ● Ashfield F.C. ● King’s Theatre, Glasgow ● Beresford Hotel ● St Andrew’s West, Glasgow ● Garnethill Synagogue ● Garnethill ● Cowlairs railway works ● Cowlairs ● Port Dundas ● Sighthill, Glasgow ● Cowcaddens ● Haldane Building ● St Aloysius Church, Glasgow ● O2 ABC Glasgow ● Centre for Contemporary Arts ● Dumbreck ● Ibrox, Glasgow ● 1971 Ibrox disaster ● Finnieston Crane ● Benburb F.C. ● Sub Club ● Hielanman’s Umbrella ● Grand Central Hotel (Glasgow) ● University of Strathclyde ● Celtic Connections ● Hillhead Baptist Church ● The Suffragette Oak ● Fairfield Titan ● Maryhill ● Firhill Stadium ● Glasgow Perthshire F.C. ● 1990 Auckland Jewish daycare stabbing ● Tradeston Flour Mills explosion ● Equestrian statue of William III, Glasgow ● Chinatown, Glasgow ● Clydeside distillery ● Britannia Music Hall ● 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference
Getting to / around Yorkhill – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Yorkhill using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Yorkhill places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Yorkhill Public Transport Stations
Yorkhill Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Pollokshields West 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
Cessnock subway station
Shields Road subway station
Ibrox railway station
Bellahouston Park Halt railway station
Ibrox 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
Anderston railway station
Finnieston railway station
Govan railway station
Govan subway station
Glasgow Central station
St Enoch subway station
Argyle Street railway station
St Enoch railway station
Gallowgate railway station
Glasgow Queen Street railway station
High Street (Glasgow) railway station
Buchanan Street subway station
Buchanan bus station
Buchanan Street railway station
Kelvinhall subway station
Partick Central railway station
Partick station
Merkland Street subway station
Partickhill railway station
Hillhead subway station
Partick West railway station
Crow Road railway station
Botanic Gardens railway station
Hyndland railway station
Kirklee railway station
Kelvinbridge railway station
Kelvinbridge subway station
Kelvinside railway station
Whiteinch Riverside railway station
Jordanhill railway station
St George’s Cross subway station
Maryhill Central railway station
Charing Cross (Glasgow) railway station
Scotstounhill railway station
Cardonald railway station
Whiteinch Victoria Park railway station
Anniesland railway station
Kelvindale railway station
Dawsholm railway station
Maryhill railway station
Summerston railway station
Possil railway station
Possilpark & Parkhouse railway station
Ashfield railway station (Scotland)
Cowlairs railway station
Cowcaddens subway station
Lochburn railway station
Exhibition Centre railway station
Gilshochill railway station
Glasgow Shields Road TMD
Kilbirnie Street fire
Cheapside Street whisky bond fire
James Watt Street fire
South Portland Street Suspension Bridge
Yorkhill Street drill hall
Argyle Street, Glasgow
Dunlop Street
Glassford Street
Wilson Street
Queen Street, Glasgow
Cochrane Street, Glasgow
Buchanan Street
High Street, Glasgow
Parliamentary Road
St Vincent Street Church, Glasgow
Byres Road
West Princes Street drill hall
A82 road
Sauchiehall Street
Ingram Street
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Local Yorkhill historians & Yorkhill tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Yorkhill? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Yorkhill’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 Yorkhill 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 Yorkhill 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 Yorkhill 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-Yorkhill’ web pages (for example: www.visitYorkhill.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 Yorkhill places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Yorkhill places to visit. A unique way to experience Yorkhill’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Yorkhill as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Yorkhill places with Walkfo Yorkhill to hear history at Yorkhill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Yorkhill has 379 places to visit in our interactive Yorkhill 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 Yorkhill, 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 Yorkhill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Yorkhill & the surrounding areas.
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