Hidden gems: Sights & Landmarks in Glasgow

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Glasgow. This list contains 24 places from Sights & Landmarks category.

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Tennent’s Visitor Centre
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Very informative and interesting. We were in the area and took a chance popping in to see if we could take a tour, fortunately one had just started, the group were watching a video explaining the history of Tennents, so we were asked if we would be happy to join that group, or we could wait for the...
4.80 (100 reviews)
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Woodlands Community Garden
Community garden
👍👍 Always a pleasure! Great community projects from gardening, the bike Dr, 1-to-1 counseling and food swap box just to mention a few things out of many. Absolutely invaluable to our Woodlands Community 👍❤️
4.80 (66 reviews)
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Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Art gallery
👍👍 Housed in The Whisky Bond, the GSS's primary focus are artist studios spread over several floors. There is a small cafe front of house and they do run some very good courses and weekend kids clubs. GSS facilities are open to the public - you do have to attend an induction course and pay subsequent...
4.80 (21 reviews)
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Cameronians War Memorial
Memorial
👍👍 Really nice piece of sculpture. Deserves a better location but it’s a fitting testament to the Cameronians
4.80 (17 reviews)
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Govan Old Church
Historical landmark
Free entry to Victorian church with a collection of 31 significant early medieval carved stones.
4.70 (37 reviews)
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Strathclyde University Mural
Painting
👍👍 There's many murals around this part of Strathclyde university, it's part of the Glasgow City Centre mural trail a good example of bringing a little colour to the the often grey and bland inner city brickwork of some of the blandest Glasgow buildings. This is art for the people, it's not in some stu...
4.70 (35 reviews)
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Mary Barbour Statue
Memorial
👍👍 Really nice sculpture made by Andrew Brown in 2018 to mark International Woman’s Day and commemorate the local Scotttish political Activist Mary Barbour. Really nicely placed and classically designed piece of art.
4.70 (12 reviews)
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Linn Park Waterfall
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Large and easy walk park after all. Not very difficult to find the water fall. Bridge is another "attraction", whereby when you approach the bridge, you will find the population density of dog is much higher than human.
4.60 (116 reviews)
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Scottish Poetry Rose Garden
Park
👍👍 Very nice display, beautiful garden full of beautiful flowers. A lot of famous poets! Overall good place to learn about Scottish poetic culture.
4.60 (47 reviews)
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TS Queen Mary
Historical landmark
👍👍 This was my second tour or what was once the most grand of Clyde Steamers. She has been decommissioned for many years and is destined to become a floating tourist attraction offering hospitality and education:conference facilities. Restoration work is well underway and next year (covid permitting) i...
4.60 (34 reviews)
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Tigress and Cubs
Sculpture
👍👍 One of three identical statues from 1867, the other two are located in Central Park, New York City and Les Jardins Tuileries, Paris.
4.60 (18 reviews)
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Colston Wellpark Parish Church
Church
😐 Friendly church. Welcoming.
4.60 (15 reviews)
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Collins Fountain
Fountain
👍👍 Very beautiful place with a lot of greenery and natural beauty. Specially beside the Clyde river, it makes me so happy when I walk around this historical park. This park belongs huge area so for walking and enjoying natural beauty it is on of the perfect place. ❤️❤️
4.60 (14 reviews)
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Police Box #1
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Was Dr Who in Glasgow today ha ha
4.60 (13 reviews)
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Wallace Monument
Historical landmark
👍👍 Never knew this was on my doorstep. There is a small parking area next to it and its within walking distance to the walace well. You can visit both sites in one day. The monument is in great condition.
4.50 (146 reviews)
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Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Museum
👍👍 Off the beaten track. They offer free guided tours of the massive collection of 1.2 million items in storage. All the items are stored in meshed casing or on racks. If there are only a few people on the tour it will be tailored to the group interests. We saw fossils, taxidermy, Indian truck panels,...
4.50 (135 reviews)
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St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Cathedral
Cathedral
Gothic, 19th-century Episcopalian cathedral, also venue for The Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
4.50 (122 reviews)
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La Pasionaria
Sculpture
👍👍 La Pasionara or "The Passionflower" in English is a stylized female figure. La Pasionara references Dolores Ibárruri, a heroine of the Spanish Civil War, who was known by that her sobriquet. An almost featureless, the statue is nevertheless full of movement, arms raised crying out for justice. It ho...
4.50 (96 reviews)
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Royal Highland Fusiliers Regimental Museum
Museum
👍👍 A fascinating and emotive museum which seems be forgotten about being at "wrong" end of Sauchiehall Street.Very well presented and a very efficient staff.Very disappointed I could not stay longer but will be back for a long visit in next few months. The building does have a WATER GENERATED LIFT desi...
4.50 (85 reviews)
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Finnieston Crane
Historical landmark
👍👍 One of the last giant cantilever cranes built on the Clyde. Specifically designed for carrying huge engines and locomotives for loading onto ships and transport across the British Empire. The design was copied across the world. As many as 30,000 locomotives were produced in Springburn and carried t...
4.50 (83 reviews)
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