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Visit Sighthill, Glasgow places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Sighthill, Glasgow places to visit. A unique way to experience Sighthill, Glasgow’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Sighthill, Glasgow as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Sighthill, Glasgow Walkfo Preview Sighthill is situated north of the River Clyde and is part of the wider Springburn district. It is bordered to the north by Cowlairs, to the east by the Springburn Bypass road and the Royston neighbourhood. Most of these buildings were demolished in stages during the early 21st century. When you visit Sighthill, Glasgow, Walkfo brings Sighthill, Glasgow places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Sighthill, Glasgow – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 369 audio plaques & Sighthill, Glasgow places for you to explore in the Sighthill, Glasgow area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Sighthill, Glasgow places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Sighthill, Glasgow history
Sighthill was one of the 20 CDA’s around the city where slum housing was completely demolished and replaced by new concrete housing estates. The housing scheme was built by Glasgow Corporation Housing Department between 1964 and 1969 as part of the city’s housing replacement programme. The existing housing in the area itself, consisting of tenements on Springburn Road and just off it at Huntingdon Place, was demolished in the process.
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You can visit Sighthill, Glasgow places with Walkfo Sighthill, Glasgow to hear history at Sighthill, Glasgow’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sighthill, Glasgow has 369 places to visit in our interactive Sighthill, Glasgow 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 Sighthill, Glasgow, 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 Sighthill, Glasgow places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sighthill, Glasgow & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Sighthill, Glasgow tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Sighthill, Glasgow
Best Sighthill, Glasgow places to visit
Sighthill, Glasgow has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sighthill, Glasgow’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sighthill, Glasgow’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.
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.
Milton, Glasgow Milton is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated north of the River Clyde. The housing scheme is about 2+1/2 miles (4 kilometres) north of Glasgow City Centre.
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 Sighthill, Glasgow plaques
60 plaques hereSighthill, Glasgow has 60 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Sighthill, Glasgow 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 Sighthill, Glasgow using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Sighthill, Glasgow plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Sighthill, Glasgow audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Sighthill, Glasgow allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Sighthill, Glasgow’s 369 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Sighthill, Glasgow freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Sighthill, Glasgow Map App
Our visit Sighthill, Glasgow map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Sighthill, Glasgow & 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 Sighthill, Glasgow tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Sighthill, Glasgow centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Sighthill, Glasgow area at LONG:-4.2374, LAT:55.8713.
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Things to do & visit in Sighthill, Glasgow / surrounding areas
● Rosebery Park ● Pollokshields Parish Church ● Kinning Park (sports ground) ● Tramway (arts centre) ● Kinning Park ● St Ninian’s, Pollokshields, Glasgow ● Glasgow Garden Festival ● Plantation, Glasgow ● Royal Samaritan Hospital ● St Andrew’s Cross, Glasgow ● Kingston, Glasgow ● 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 ● 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 Cross ● Yorkhill ● 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 ● Cameronians War Memorial ● 1 Prince’s Terrace ● Ashton Lane ● Curlers Rest ● 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 ● Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Luke, Glasgow ● 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 ● Wyndford ● Mitchell Library ● Charing Cross, Glasgow ● Ruchill Church Hall ● Ruchill Parish Church ● Glasgow Soldiers’ Home ● Elmbank Gardens ● Anderston ● Tenement House (Glasgow) ● The Garage, Glasgow ● Stockline Plastics factory explosion ● Maryhill Barracks ● 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) ● 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 ● Gilshochill ● Stockingfield Junction ● Cadder, Glasgow ● Lochburn Park ● Lambhill ● Ruchill ● Ruchill Park ● Possil Marsh ● Ruchill Hospital ● Queen’s Cross Church, Glasgow ● Parkhouse, Glasgow G22 ● Possilpark ● Hamiltonhill ● Milton, Glasgow ● St Columba’s Catholic Church, Glasgow ● Oakbank Hospital ● Saracen Park ● Ashfield F.C. ● Eastfield TMD ● Colston, Glasgow ● 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 ● Stobhill ● Sighthill, Glasgow ● Stobhill Hospital ● Huntershill Village ● Glasgow Works ● Cowcaddens ● Huntershill House ● MC Metals ● Royston, Glasgow ● Haldane Building ● St Aloysius Church, Glasgow ● O2 ABC Glasgow ● Centre for Contemporary Arts ● Bishopbriggs ● Old Balornock ● Auchinairn ● Balornock ● Barmulloch ● Germiston, Glasgow ● Provan Gas Works ● Dennistoun ● Nelson Recreation Ground ● Camlachie ● Strathclyde F.C. ● Vinegarhill ● Provanmill ● Hogganfield ● 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 ● HM Prison Barlinnie ● 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 Sighthill, Glasgow – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Sighthill, Glasgow using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Sighthill, Glasgow places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Sighthill, Glasgow Public Transport Stations
Local Sighthill, Glasgow historians & Sighthill, Glasgow tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Sighthill, Glasgow? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Sighthill, Glasgow’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 Sighthill, Glasgow 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 Sighthill, Glasgow 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 Sighthill, Glasgow 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-Sighthill, Glasgow’ web pages (for example: www.visitSighthill, Glasgow.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
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Visit Sighthill, Glasgow places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Sighthill, Glasgow places to visit. A unique way to experience Sighthill, Glasgow’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Sighthill, Glasgow as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Sighthill, Glasgow places with Walkfo Sighthill, Glasgow to hear history at Sighthill, Glasgow’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sighthill, Glasgow has 369 places to visit in our interactive Sighthill, Glasgow 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 Sighthill, Glasgow, 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 Sighthill, Glasgow places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sighthill, Glasgow & the surrounding areas.
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