This is an interesting urban walk whose central section reveals the astonishing architectural transformation undergone by Glasgow’s erstwhile shipbuilding and dockyard sites, once densely packed, now a much more varied and topographically open environment. The 2011 Riverside transport museum currently provides moorings for the ‘tall ship’ Glenlee, while Govan’s historic church and burial ground on the opposite bank house pre-medieval religious artefacts dating back some 1500 years. Admission to the ‘Govan stones’ exhibition is free though a small donation would be appreciated.
There are toilets at Queen Street Station, the SEC (intermediate coffee stop?) and Riverside. The museum cafe offers good catering facilities (soup, sandwich, toasties, salads etc) but it is a popular lunchtime venue and a provisional indication of numbers will be required. (Picnic tables are also available though not unfortunately on the waterfront but to the roadside rear of the building).
Return options: on foot retracing outward leg, or subway to Buchanan Street from Govan cross (5 minutes from Church), from Kelvin Hall (15 minutes) or Hillhead via Byres Road (25-30 minutes). Any single journey £1.85.
Please let Bill know if you intend to join the walk and if you would like to have lunch at the museum: postmaster@eileenandbill.plus.com 07810800367.