Welcome to Visit Merchant City Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Merchant City
Visit Merchant City places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Merchant City places to visit. A unique way to experience Merchant City’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Merchant City as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Merchant City Walkfo Preview The Merchant City is the area close to George Square and Glasgow City Chambers. It contains offices, flats, retail shops, restaurants, and bars. It is also home to the former Royal Exchange at Queen Street and GoMA. When you visit Merchant City, Walkfo brings Merchant City places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Merchant City Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Merchant City
Visit Merchant City – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 412 audio plaques & Merchant City places for you to explore in the Merchant City area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Merchant City places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Merchant City history
The medieval Glasgow Cross continues at the junction of High Street, Trongate and Saltmarket. The area now known as ‘Merchant City’ was developed from the 1750s onwards. Residences and warehouses of the wealthy merchant “tobacco lords” were built in the area.
Why visit Merchant City with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Merchant City places with Walkfo Merchant City to hear history at Merchant City’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Merchant City has 412 places to visit in our interactive Merchant City 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 Merchant City, 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 Merchant City places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Merchant City & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 412 audio facts unique to Merchant City places in an interactive Merchant City map you can explore.”
Walkfo Merchant City tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Merchant City
Best Merchant City places to visit
Merchant City has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Merchant City’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Merchant City’s information audio spots:
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.
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.
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.
Carntyne Carntyne (Scottish Gaelic: Càrn an Teine) is a suburban district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and in the east end of the city. It has formed the core of the East Centre ward under Glasgow City Council since 2007.
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.
Visit Merchant City plaques
74 plaques hereMerchant City has 74 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Merchant City 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 Merchant City using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Merchant City plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Merchant City audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Merchant City allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Merchant City’s 412 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Merchant City freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Merchant City Map App
Our visit Merchant City map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Merchant City & 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 Merchant City tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Merchant City centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Merchant City area at LONG:-4.2462, LAT:55.8568.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Merchant City, 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 Merchant City / surrounding areas
● Battlefield, Glasgow ● Battle of Langside ● 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 ● Langside Synagogue ● Toryglen Regional Football Centre ● Crossmyloof ● Titwood ● Crosshill, Glasgow ● Strathbungo ● Category Is Books ● 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 ● Walmer Crescent ● Cessnock, Glasgow ● Tramway (arts centre) ● Kinning Park ● St Ninian’s, Pollokshields, Glasgow ● Glasgow Garden Festival ● Plantation, Glasgow ● Royal Samaritan Hospital ● St Andrew’s Cross, Glasgow ● Ibrox Park (1887–99) ● Ibrox Stadium ● Kingston, Glasgow ● 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 ● Laurieston, Glasgow ● New Bedford Cinema ● SSE Hydro ● NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital ● SEC Centre ● Tradeston Bridge ● Finnieston ● Finnieston distillery ● Broomielaw ● Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal ● Gorbals ● George V Bridge, Glasgow ● The Pyramid at Anderston ● Argyle Building, Glasgow ● TAG Theatre Company ● Caledonian Railway Bridge ● Citizens Theatre ● Glasgow Bridge, Glasgow ● Anderston Centre ● Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow ● Glasgow Sheriff Court ● Southern Necropolis ● Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church ● Adelphi Whisky ● Yorkhill Parade drill hall ● Optimo ● Glasgow Central Mosque ● 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 ● Clyde Amateur Rowing Club ● Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club ● The Lighthouse, Glasgow ● Glasgow International Comedy Festival ● World Pipe Band Championships ● 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 ● Nelson Monument, Glasgow ● 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 ● TRNSMT ● Glasgow International Jazz Festival ● Barrowland Ballroom ● Rottenrow ● Glasgow city centre ● St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art ● Glasgow hotel stabbings ● Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ● Green’s Playhouse ● Strathclyde Grain distillery ● People’s Palace, Glasgow ● Kinclaith ● Gallowgate Barracks ● Lion Chambers ● Glasgow Lock Hospital ● Hutchesontown ● 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 ● Templeton On The Green ● Burns Howff ● James White (1812–1884) ● Bishop’s Castle, Glasgow ● Glasgow Green ● Cathedral Square, Glasgow ● Glasgow University Boat Club ● The National (Scotland) ● Blythswood Square ● Archdiocese of Glasgow ● King’s Bridge, Glasgow ● Theatre Royal, Glasgow ● King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut ● Edinburgh Folk Club ● Lady Well ● Blythswood Hill ● Willow Tearooms ● Glasgow Art Club ● Glasgow Cathedral ● Battle of Glasgow (1544) ● Battle of Glasgow (1560) ● Alexandra Music Hall ● Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts ● Glasgow Caledonian University ● National Piping Centre ● Wellpark Brewery ● St Columba Church of Scotland, Glasgow ● Glasgow Film Theatre ● St Mungo’s Church, Glasgow ● Adelaide Place Baptist Church ● Glasgow Royal Infirmary ● McLellan Galleries ● Partick South Parish Church ● Partick Library ● Partick Cross ● Yorkhill ● Partick Castle ● Cottiers, Glasgow ● Partick Trinity Church ● Archives of the University of Glasgow ● Western Infirmary ● Glasgow Museum of Transport ● West End Festival ● West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital ● Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena ● Kelvin Hall ● Riverside Museum ● Cameronians War Memorial ● River Kelvin ● Ashton Lane ● Curlers Rest ● Govan-Partick Bridge ● Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum ● Lion and Unicorn Staircase ● Queen Margaret Union ● University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel ● Subcity Radio ● Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery ● Glasgow University Library ● Geological Society of Glasgow ● University of Glasgow Memorial Gates ● Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, Glasgow ● University of Glasgow ● Western Baths ● Wellington Church ● Kelvingrove Park ● International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry ● Botanic Gardens Garage ● Hillhead ● Òran Mór ● Glasgow University Union ● Glasgow Botanic Gardens ● CaVa Studios ● Kelvingrove, Glasgow ● Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow ● Tchai-Ovna ● Park District, Glasgow ● 22 Park Circus, Glasgow ● Kelvinbridge ● Websters Theatre, Glasgow ● Woodlands, Glasgow ● Kelvin Stevenson Memorial Church ● Burnbank Park ● St. Jude’s Church, Glasgow ● Curtain Theatre (Glasgow) ● St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow ● Walcheren Barracks ● North Kelvinside ● Woodside, Glasgow ● Arlington Baths Club ● St George’s Cross, Glasgow ● Mitchell Library ● Charing Cross, Glasgow ● Elmbank Gardens ● Anderston ● Tenement House (Glasgow) ● The Garage, Glasgow ● Stockline Plastics factory explosion ● Oatlands, Glasgow ● Braehead Park ● Rutherglen Bridge ● Polmadie Bridge ● Glasgow Rowing Club ● Barrowfield Park ● Glasgow National Hockey Centre ● Thistle F.C. ● Sacred Heart Church, Glasgow ● Bridgeton, Glasgow ● Dalmarnock ● Saint Mary’s, Calton ● Athletes’ Village (Glasgow 2014) ● Farme Castle ● Bellgrove Hotel ● Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome ● Gallowgate, Glasgow ● Barrowfield ● Glasgow Necropolis ● Glasgow Bellgrove rail accident ● St. Anne’s Church, Glasgow ● Princess Royal Maternity Hospital ● Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Glasgow ● Bluevale and Whitevale Towers ● Cuningar Loop ● Murder of Kriss Donald ● 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. ● Eastfield TMD ● King’s Theatre, Glasgow ● Beresford Hotel ● St Andrew’s West, Glasgow ● Garnethill Synagogue ● Garnethill ● Cowlairs railway works ● Springvale Park ● Cowlairs ● Hyde Park, Glasgow ● Port Dundas ● Springburn Museum ● Springburn ● Petershill Park ● Clyde Locomotive Company ● Sighthill, Glasgow ● Glasgow Works ● Cowcaddens ● MC Metals ● Royston, Glasgow ● Haldane Building ● St Aloysius Church, Glasgow ● O2 ABC Glasgow ● Centre for Contemporary Arts ● Old Balornock ● Barmulloch ● Germiston, Glasgow ● Provan Gas Works ● Dennistoun ● Nelson Recreation Ground ● Camlachie ● Strathclyde F.C. ● Vinegarhill ● Bridgeton Waverley F.C. ● Provanmill ● Riddrie ● Alexandra Park, Glasgow ● Parkhead Hospital ● Carntyne Stadium ● The Forge Shopping Centre ● Parkhead ● Celtic Park (1888–92) ● Newbank, Glasgow ● Glasgow East End Regeneration Route ● Lilybank ● Parkhead F.C. ● Carntyne ● Greencity Wholefoods ● Haghill ● Scottish Football Museum ● Cathkin Park ● Polmadie ● Ibrox, Glasgow ● 1971 Ibrox disaster ● Finnieston Crane ● Sub Club ● Hielanman’s Umbrella ● Hutchesontown C ● Grand Central Hotel (Glasgow) ● University of Strathclyde ● Celtic Connections ● Calton, Glasgow ● Hillhead Baptist Church ● The Suffragette Oak ● Firhill Stadium ● Glasgow Perthshire F.C. ● Blochairn ● St Roch’s F.C. ● Celtic Park ● Blackhill, Glasgow ● 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 ● Strathclyde University Boat Club
Getting to / around Merchant City – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Merchant City using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Merchant City places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Merchant City Public Transport Stations
Merchant City Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Mount Florida railway station
Crossmyloof railway station
Queens Park railway station (Scotland)
Crosshill railway station
Pollokshields West 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
Cessnock subway station
Shields Road subway 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
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
Glasgow Green railway station
Gallowgate Central railway station
Buchanan Street railway station
Kelvinhall subway station
Partick Central railway station
Hillhead subway station
Botanic Gardens railway station
Kelvinbridge railway station
Kelvinbridge subway station
St George’s Cross subway station
Charing Cross (Glasgow) railway station
Dalmarnock railway station
Bridgeton railway station
Bridgeton Central railway station
Glasgow Cross railway station
Bellgrove railway station
Possilpark & Parkhouse railway station
Ashfield railway station (Scotland)
Cowlairs railway station
Springburn railway station
Barnhill railway station
Cowcaddens subway station
Garngad railway station
Alexandra Parade railway station
Parkhead North railway station
Parkhead Stadium railway station
Duke Street railway station
Exhibition Centre railway station
Gushetfaulds railway station
Glasgow Shields Road TMD
Victoria Road drill hall
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
Duke Street Hospital
Duke Street Prison
A82 road
Sauchiehall Street
Red Road Flats
Glasgow Inner Ring Road
Ingram Street
A730 road
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Local Merchant City historians & Merchant City tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Merchant City? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Merchant City’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 Merchant City 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 Merchant City 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 Merchant City 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-Merchant City’ web pages (for example: www.visitMerchant City.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 Merchant City places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Merchant City places to visit. A unique way to experience Merchant City’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Merchant City as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Merchant City places with Walkfo Merchant City to hear history at Merchant City’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Merchant City has 412 places to visit in our interactive Merchant City 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 Merchant City, 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 Merchant City places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Merchant City & the surrounding areas.
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