Conventions Bureau | People Make Glasgow

a place for everyone
In and around Glasgow
Discover great local attractions
www.nts.org.uk/traveltrade
In and around Glasgow
Discover great local attractions
Ideal for groups and FITs on short breaks and touring holidays
Surprise and inspire your clients by taking them on a journey of discovery
in and around Scotland’s largest city.
Also see Day trips from Glasgow.
As one of the UK’s largest conservation charities, we manage many of
Scotland’s favourite heritage attractions, including world-famous gardens,
historic battle sites, castles, palaces and stately homes. Many are 4- and
5-star visitor attractions with multi-lingual interpretation, tax-free shopping
and group-friendly cafés.
Enjoy the best
of Scotland
20
40 kms
20 miles
N
Thurso
6
A83
9
10
A9
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A9
OPENING IN 2014
BOOK NOW!
A9
Lewis
A8
37
St Kilda
41 miles west
of North Uist
Inverewe
Garden
Ullapool
Corrieshalloch
Gorge
A83
2
Harris
Poolewe
North
Uist
Hugh Miller’s
Birthplace Cottage
Cromarty Brodie Castle
& Museum
A8
32
Torridon
Benbecula
Nairn
Kyle of
Lochalsh
A9
Culloden
Battlefield
Inverness
Fyvie
Castle
6
Huntly
Haddo House
Pitmedden
Garden
A9
7
Strome Castle
A948
90
A8
Skye
8
A9
A947
6
A89
South Uist
Fraserburgh
8
A9
A832
Canna
Rum
7
A88
A85
Crianlarich
A7
36
A77
0
A73
0
Tarbolton A7
Robert Burns
Birthplace Museum
Maybole
Kirkoswald
Souter Johnnie's
Cottage
Greenbank Garden
THE TENEMENT HOUSE
Holmwood
A749
A725
Greenbank Garden
WEAVER’S COTTAGE
01
Dumfries
A7
14
12
A749
A7
A725
3
A93
St Abbs
Innerleithen
Kelso
Melrose
Harmony
Robert Smail’s
Garden
Printing Works Gladstone’s
Priorwood
Land
Garden
Moffat
A7
A726
A77
Holmwood
A726
A697
A68
Pollok House
St Abb’s Head
Berwick
08
13
M74
A1
Edinburgh Edinburgh
A90
A90
The Georgian House
The Georgian House
A7
M74
A72
Inveresk
Lodge
Garden
A7 The Georgian8 House
9
Grey Mare’s Tail A6
Culzean Castle
A74
Malleny
Garden
8
David
Livingstone
Centre
M74
A7
A88
A816
6
A71
Ayr
Preston Mill &
East Linton
A6
M77
Pollok House
A8
Kirkcaldy
A7
41
A8
M77
A8
Glasgow
A74
Kellie Castle
House of
the Binns Newhailes
M8
A71
St Andrews
Edinburgh Phantassie Doocot
M9
Bachelors’ Club
Brodick Castle
Barry Mill
2
A9
Falkland Palace
A703
Ardrossan
Goatfell
A83
Glasgow
Montrose
Forfar
Glamis
Hill of Tarvit
Alloa Tower
Culross Palace
The Pineapple
The Battle of
Bannockburn
2
A9
Branklyn Garden
M90
Stirling
M80
Angus Folk
Museum
Dundee
Perth
Ben Lomond
Crarae
Garden
Weaver’s
Cottage
Glasgow
A822
A85
A9
Arduaine
Garden
A8
Tenement
House
0
A9
A7
A827
Oban
24
Craignure
A849
Mull
The
Hermitage
Dunkeld
Ben Lawers
The Hill House
Helensburgh
Geilston Garden
Tenement
House
Aberdeen
Drum
Castle
House
of Dun
A9
Glencoe &
Dalness
A849
A944
Crathes
Castle
J M Barrie's
Birthplace
Killiecrankie
Pitlochry
A82
Tobermory
Burg
Craigievar
Castle
A93
A9
A861
Staffa
Castle Fraser
A86
Fort William
Iona
A9
Mar Lodge
Estate
Glenfinnan
A830 Monument
Eigg
Kingussie
A87
2
Pabbay
Mingulay
Berneray
Leith Hall Inverurie
Balmacara
Estate &
Woodland
Kintail &
Walks
Morvich
A8
Barra
Stranraer
POLLOK HOUSE
A75
Threave
Garden
Castle
Douglas
Kirkcudbright
Thomas
Carlyle’s
Birthplace
Gladstone’s
M8
Land
M8
A71
A71
Ecclefechan
A720
A70
A70
A703
A710
A1
Gladstone’s
Land
A7
A772
A772
A720
A7
Rockcliffe
Broughton Garden
HOLMWOOD
GREENBANK GARDEN
DAVID LIVINGSTONE
CENTRE
Phone: 0844 493 2104 Outside UK: +44(0)131 458 0204 Email: traveltrade@nts.org.uk Website: www.nts.org.uk/traveltrade
Travel Trade Department, The National Trust for Scotland, Hermiston Quay, 5 Cultins Road, Edinburgh EH11 4DF
A703
OPENING 2014 – BOOK NOW!
THE BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN
Stirling FK7 0LJ
25 miles/40 km from Glasgow city centre
Prepare for battle!
700 years after King Robert the Bruce’s famous victory in 1314, experience
medieval warfare like never before and discover how the tactics and decisions of
two kings inspired events which defined the Scottish nation.
A major new attraction for group and FIT programmes from 2014, The Battle of
Bannockburn is within easy reach of both Edinburgh and Glasgow, perfect for day
trips and as an exciting start or finish to tours of Scotland.
THE TENEMENT HOUSE
Buccleuch Street, Glasgow G3 6QN
0.6 miles/1 km from Glasgow city centre
As featured in Louis Vuitton City Guide 2013
Enter the home of shorthand typist Miss Agnes Toward, who lived in this first-floor
apartment for over 50 years. This wonderful gas-lit attraction is a veritable time
capsule where visitors can experience firsthand how ordinary Scots lived in early
20th-century Glasgow. Discover how many of the household amenities we take
for granted today were considered luxuries less than a century ago.
WEAVER’S COTTAGE
Kilbarchan, PA10 2JG
14 miles/23 km from Glasgow city centre
Spin, wind and weave!
Built in 1723, the cottage houses the last of 800 handlooms once used in this
traditional weaving village. Watch our weavers spinning, pirn winding and
weaving wool, dyed from natural ingredients found in our cottage garden – then
perhaps have a go yourself! The specially designed Burns family tartan bedspread,
part of the worldwide celebrations to mark Burns’s 250th birthday, was woven
here – the bedspread is currently on display at Burns Cottage in Alloway, part of
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. In celebration of the 700th anniversary of the
Battle of Bannockburn, the new Battle of Bannockburn tartan was also designed
here, inspired by King Robert the Bruce’s famous victory in 1314.
POLLOK HOUSE
Pollok Country Park, Glasgow G43 1AT
5 miles/8 km from Glasgow city centre
Scotland’s Downton Abbey
This grand country house boasts one of the finest collections of Spanish art in
Britain, with masterpieces by Goya, Murillo and El Greco, including Lady in a Fur
Wrap. Fabulous interiors rich in period furnishings, silverware and ceramics are
complemented externally by elaborate parterre gardens and the beautiful Pollok
Country Park, also home to the Burrell Collection.
HOLMWOOD
61–63 Netherlee Road, Glasgow G44 3YU
6 miles/10 km from Glasgow city centre
From rags to riches!
The Couper family who commissioned the house made their fortune by selling
paper which they made from rags. Completed in 1858, this classically inspired
villa is considered to be Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s finest domestic design. See
how the original room decorations, based on themes from the classical world,
are being painstakingly uncovered by our conservation experts. The house, richly
ornamented in wood, plaster and marble, is surrounded by attractive riverside
grounds, including a kitchen garden with Victorian herbs, fruit and vegetables.
GREENBANK GARDEN
Clarkston, Glasgow G76 8RB
10 miles/17 km from Glasgow city centre
A celebration of the gardener’s art
Designed with the domestic gardener in mind and divided into 30 themed living
spaces, this 1 hectare garden boasts over 3,600 named varieties, including
National Collections of Narcissus (over 580 varieties) and Bergenia (over 120
varieties). Even between Christmas and New Year there are 30-40 varieties in
flower. Soaring beech trees, mini-orchards, chattering waters, ornamental pools
and fountains help make this a garden for all seasons.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE CENTRE
165 Station Road, Blantyre G72 9BY
11 miles/18 km from Glasgow city centre
Celebrating 200 years
Discover how Scotland’s most famous explorer, born here in 1813, grew from a
factory boy to become a hero of the Victorian age. Many of Livingstone’s personal
belongings are on display including journals and navigational and medical
equipment. The museum is surrounded by parkland and ancient woodland,
which is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Bordered by the River Clyde,
the Explorer’s Garden is a shady oasis that includes the World Fountain designed
by renowned sculptor Pilkington Jackson. The dramatic sculpture of Livingstone
being attacked by a lion is also a must-see!
ENJOY THE BEST OF SCOTLAND
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Café
Areas accessible for wheelchair users
Gift shop
Facilities for hearing-impaired visitors
Coach parking at or near the property
Information for visually impaired visitors
Car parking at or near the property
Good chance of spotting bats
Information available in different languages
Good chance of spotting wildlife
Venue available for corporate and private hire
Plant sales
Walking trails
Phone: 0844 493 2104 Outside UK: +44 131 458 0204
Email: traveltrade@nts.org.uk Website: www.nts.org.uk/traveltrade
Travel Trade Department, The National Trust for Scotland,
Hermiston Quay, 5 Cultins Road, Edinburgh EH11 4DF
All distances are approximate
The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is a charity
registered in Scotland, Charity Number SC 007410
*Excludes Canna and St Kilda.