Welcome to Visit Toryglen Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Toryglen
Visit 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.
Visiting Toryglen Walkfo Preview 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?
You 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.
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:
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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
49 plaques hereToryglen 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.
Experience Toryglen audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Toryglen allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Toryglen’s 251 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Toryglen freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Toryglen Map App
Our visit Toryglen map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Toryglen & 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 Toryglen tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Toryglen centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Toryglen area at LONG:-4.234629, LAT:55.82812.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Toryglen, 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 Toryglen / surrounding areas
● Auldhouse, Glasgow ● Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC ● Glasgow Southern RFC ● Newlands, Glasgow ● Pollokshaws Burgh Hall ● Muirend ● Pollokshaws ● St Margaret’s, Newlands, Glasgow ● Pollok F.C. ● ABC Muirend/Toledo ● Cathcart Cemetery ● Merrylee ● Cathcart Trinity Church ● Millbrae Crescent ● Couper Institute Library ● Holmwood House ● Cathcart ● Linn Park, Glasgow ● Langside ● Cathcart Castle ● Battlefield, Glasgow ● Simshill ● Battle of Langside ● Cathcart Old Church ● 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 ● Croftfoot ● Langside Synagogue ● Castlemilk ● Toryglen Regional Football Centre ● Crossmyloof ● Titwood ● Crosshill, Glasgow ● Strathbungo ● Category Is Books ● Bogany Flats ● Castlemilk House ● Fernhill, South Lanarkshire ● Toryglen ● Rutherglen Glencairn F.C. ● Cathkin Park (1872–1903) ● Fireworks Village ● Govanhill Trinity Church ● Govanhill Picture House ● Strathbungo Parish Church ● Govanhill ● Govanhill Baths ● Burnside, South Lanarkshire ● Rutherglen Town Hall ● Rutherglen ● Rutherglen Castle ● Shawfield ● CamGlen Radio ● Polmadie TRSMD ● Shawfield Amateurs F.C. ● Haggs Castle ● Rosebery Park ● Pollokshields Burgh Hall ● Pollokshields ● Shields Junction ● Pollokshields Parish Church ● Pollokshields Library ● Kinning Park (sports ground) ● Tramway (arts centre) ● St Ninian’s, Pollokshields, Glasgow ● Royal Samaritan Hospital ● St Andrew’s Cross, Glasgow ● Kingston, Glasgow ● Kingston Bridge, Glasgow ● Tradeston ● Laurieston, Glasgow ● New Bedford Cinema ● Tradeston Bridge ● Broomielaw ● Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal ● Gorbals ● George V Bridge, Glasgow ● TAG Theatre Company ● Caledonian Railway Bridge ● Citizens Theatre ● Glasgow Bridge, Glasgow ● Glasgow Sheriff Court ● Southern Necropolis ● Adelphi Whisky ● Optimo ● Glasgow Central Mosque ● Classic Grand ● 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 ● St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art ● Strathclyde Grain distillery ● People’s Palace, Glasgow ● Kinclaith ● Gallowgate Barracks ● Glasgow Lock Hospital ● Hutchesontown ● Andersonian Library ● Barony Hall ● Provand’s Lordship ● Templeton On The Green ● James White (1812–1884) ● Bishop’s Castle, Glasgow ● Glasgow Green ● Cathedral Square, Glasgow ● Glasgow University Boat Club ● King’s Bridge, Glasgow ● Lady Well ● Glasgow Cathedral ● Battle of Glasgow (1544) ● Battle of Glasgow (1560) ● Wellpark Brewery ● 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 ● Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Glasgow ● Bluevale and Whitevale Towers ● Cuningar Loop ● Murder of Kriss Donald ● Dennistoun ● Nelson Recreation Ground ● Camlachie ● Strathclyde F.C. ● Vinegarhill ● Bridgeton Waverley F.C. ● Parkhead Hospital ● The Forge Shopping Centre ● Parkhead ● Celtic Park (1888–92) ● Newbank, Glasgow ● Glasgow East End Regeneration Route ● Lilybank ● Parkhead F.C. ● Greencity Wholefoods ● Braidfauld ● Auchenshuggle Bridge ● Clydebridge Steelworks ● Clyde Iron Works ● Cambuslang Rangers F.C. ● Eastfield, South Lanarkshire ● Cambuslang RFC ● Netherlee ● Scottish Football Museum ● Cathkin Park ● Polmadie ● Sub Club ● Hielanman’s Umbrella ● Hutchesontown C ● Grand Central Hotel (Glasgow) ● University of Strathclyde ● Calton, Glasgow ● Celtic Park ● Auchenshuggle ● Tradeston Flour Mills explosion ● Equestrian statue of William III, Glasgow ● Britannia Music Hall ● Strathclyde University Boat Club
Getting to / around Toryglen – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Toryglen using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Toryglen places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Toryglen Public Transport Stations
Toryglen Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Muirend railway station
Pollokshaws East railway station
Langside railway station
Cathcart railway station
Shawlands railway station
Mount Florida railway station
King’s Park railway station
Crossmyloof railway station
Queens Park railway station (Scotland)
Crosshill railway station
Pollokshields West railway station
Croftfoot railway station
Burnside railway station
Strathbungo railway station
Rutherglen railway station
Maxwell Park railway station
Pollokshields railway station
Shields railway station
Shields Road railway station
Pollokshields East railway station
Shields Road 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
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
Glasgow Green railway station
Gallowgate Central railway station
Dalmarnock railway station
Bridgeton railway station
Bridgeton Central railway station
Glasgow Cross railway station
Bellgrove railway station
Parkhead North railway station
Parkhead Stadium railway station
Duke Street railway station
Cambuslang railway station
Gushetfaulds railway station
A749 road
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
Argyle Street, Glasgow
Dunlop Street
Glassford Street
Wilson Street
Queen Street, Glasgow
Cochrane Street, Glasgow
Buchanan Street
High Street, Glasgow
Duke Street Hospital
Duke Street Prison
Glasgow Inner Ring Road
Ingram Street
A730 road
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Local Toryglen historians & Toryglen tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Toryglen? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Toryglen’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 Toryglen 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 Toryglen 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 Toryglen 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-Toryglen’ web pages (for example: www.visitToryglen.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