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Areas of Glasgow City
North of the River Clyde
Anderston Anniesland Auchenshuggle Ballieston Balornock Barlanark Barmulloch Barrowfield Blairdardie Blochairn Blytheswood Botany Braidfauld Bridgeton Broomhill Cadder Calton Camlachie Carmyle Carntyne Colston Cowcaddens Cowlairs Craigend Charing Cross Cranhill Dalmarnock Dawsholm Dennistoun Dowanhill Drumchapel Drumry Easterhouse Finnieston Garnethill Garrowhill Garscadden Garthamlock Germiston Greenfield Haghill Hamiltonhill High Possil High Ruchill Hillhead Hogganfield Hyndland Jordanhill Kelvinbridge Kelvindale Kelvinside Knightswood Lambhill Lightburn Lilybank Maryhill Maryhill Park Merchant City Millerston Milton Mount Vernon Newbank North Kelvinside Park District Parkhead Partic Partickhill Possilpark Provanhall Provanmill Queenslie Riddrie Robroyston Roystonhill Ruchazie Ruchill Sandyhills Scotstoun Shettleston Sighthill Springboid Springburn Springhill Stobhill Summerston Swinton Temple Thornwood Townhead West End Whiteinch Woodlands Woodside Wyndford Yoker Yorkhill
South of the River Clyde Areas within Glasgow
Arden Auldhouse Battlefield Bellahouston Cardonald Carmunnock Carnwadric Castlemilk Cathcart Corkerhill Cowglen Craigton Croftfoot Crookston Crosshill Crossmyloof Darnley Deaconsbank Drumoyne Dumbreck Eastfield Fernhill Govan Govanhill Gorbals Halfway Hillington Hillpark Hurlet Hutchesontown Ibrox Jenny Lind Kennishead King's Park Kinning Park Langside Laurieston Linthouse Mansewood. Merrylee Mosspark Mount Florida Muirend Newlands Nitshill Oatlands Penilee Pollok Pollokshaws Pollokshields Polmadie Priesthill Quenn's Park Roughmussel Shawlands Shieldhall Simshill South Nitshill SouthparkVillage Strathbungo Toryglen Tradeston
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Glasgow Latitude and Longitude
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Art Galleries & Museums
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Argyle Street, Glasgow
People's Palace and Winter Gardens Glasgow Green, Glasgow
St Mungo Museum of Religous Life and Art 2 Castle Street, Glasgow
Scotland Street Museum 225 Scotland Street, Glasgow
Gallery Of Modern Art Royal Exchange Square
The Burrell Collection Pollok Country Park
Museum of Transport Currently Beside KelvinHall
CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts) Sauchiehall Street
Free Admission, open daily, wheelchair access
Opening Hours
Daily 10am-5pm.(GoMa until 8pm on Thurs)
except Fri & Sun 11 am-5pm.
Closed 25,26 31(pm) December and 1,2 January.
Glasgow Airport
(Address-Paisley Renfrewshire PA3 2SW)
Some facts
Glasgow Airport officially opened in May 1966 and handles over 7.9 Million passengers a year. To help plan your route before you arrive you may wish to use Transport Direct's Door to Door Planner.
Black Hackney Cabs to Glasgow City Centre cost approx £20-£30. Bus Stops are located just past the entrance to the airport. There are also a variety of Car Hire Firms and car parks. After the recent Terror Scare at Glasgow Airport, you are not allowed to drop off or pick up passengers at the entrance of the Airport. The multi Storey Car Park beside the airport has a drop off point inside. There is a lift which takes you to the floor where you can walk across the walkway into the airport. To find local hotels and accomodation you could try
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Population density was highest in Glasgow with 3,309 people per square kilometre in 2006.
Cemetries in Glasgow City
Cinemas
Nightclubs & Discos in Glasgow City
Archaos & Yang 25-37 Queen Street G1
Bamboo 51a West Regent Street, G2
Barfly Club 260 Clyde St G1
Be-Lo 25 Royal Exchange Square G1
Bennets Discotheque 90 Glassford Street G1
Box Bar & Club 431 Sauchiehall Street G2
Buffalo Joes 67 Hope Street G2
The Buff Club 142 Bath Lane G2
Campus 396-402 Sauchiehall Street G2
Cathouse 15 Union Street G1
Cheers 1 Brewery Lane
Club 30 26 Cambridge Street
Crib 375 Sauchiehall Street
Cube 32-34 Queen Street
Destiny Nightclub 18 Cambridge Street
Diamond Dolls 39 Mitchell Street
Frampton's 1236 Maryhill Road
Fury Murray's 96 Maxwell Street G1
The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street G2
Imited Ltd 244 Bath Street G2
Ivory Blacks 56 Oswald Street G1
Jongleurs Comedy Club Renfrew Street G2
Legs & Co 86 Maxwell Street
The Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street G1
The Riverside Club 33 Fox Street
Savoy Dance Hall Savoy Centre Sauchiehall Street
Seventh Heaven 9 Elmbank Street G2
Silver Nightclub 95 Hope Street G2
The Soundhaus Music 47 Hyde Park street G3
Sports Cafe 292 Sauchiehall Street
Studio Nightclub 98 Sauchiehall Street
Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street G1
Tropicana 165 Hope Street
The Truffle Club 24 Drury Street
The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street
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Estimated population by age and sex, 30 June 2007
Residential property transactions and mortgage completions: 1997 to 30 December 2007 |
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| Residential transactions1 | Mortgage completions2 | |||||||
| Number of residential transactions | Median transaction value (£) | Mean transaction value (£) | Mix-adjusted House Price Index Feb 2002=100 | All purchasers | First time purchasers (%) | |||
| Average house price (£) | Percentage of price advanced3 | Average recorded income (£) | ||||||
| 1997 | 116,295 | 45,000 | 55,488 | 84 | 57,883 | 75 | 22,450 | 50 |
| 1998 | 115,742 | 46,000 | 57,621 | 89 | 63,585 | 75 | 24,151 | 53 |
| 1999 | 120,814 | 48,750 | 60,741 | 91 | 69,312 | 75 | 25,936 | 50 |
| 2000 | 129,790 | 49,248 | 63,385 | 93 | 69,961 | 77 | 26,877 | 49 |
| 2001 | 135,712 | 52,000 | 67,307 | 97 | 73,570 | 76 | 28,495 | 41 |
| 2002 | 147,893 | 57,029 | 75,769 | 110 | 77,655 | 77 | 28,669 | 34 |
| 2003 | 151,868 | 65,000 | 94,169 | 125 | 103,641 | 67 | 31,945 | 27 |
| 2004 | 142,223 | 82,000 | 107,243 | 151 | 118,932 | 68 | 34,080 | 22 |
| 2005 | 159,510 | 89,000 | 123,233 | 170 | 129,631 | 70 | 36,714 | 32 |
| 2006 | 171,339 | 102,000 | 129,338 | 189 | 137,192 | 76 | 40,079 | 42 |
| 2007 4 | 175,242 | 120,000 | 143,326 | 217 | 158,798 | 77 | 42,781 | 38 |
| 2006 Q1 | 36,935 | 90,000 | 109,618 | 177 | 124,783 | 77 | 38,022 | 40 |
| 2006 Q2 | 40,116 | 98,000 | 117,579 | 185 | 133,066 | 78 | 40,069 | 43 |
| 2006 Q3 | 47,196 | 109,500 | 148,690 | 195 | 145,378 | 75 | 40,919 | 41 |
| 2006 Q4 | 47,092 | 110,000 | 135,425 | 198 | 145,538 | 76 | 41,304 | 41 |
| 2007 Q1 | 38,113 | 105,000 | 126,320 | 205 | 147,533 | 78 | 41,122 | 42 |
| 2007 Q2 | 43,480 | 117,000 | 139,859 | 215 | 157,296 | 76 | 42,564 | 38 |
| 2007 Q3 | 47,312 | 125,000 | 155,530 | 223 | 164,527 | 76 | 43,545 | 37 |
| 2007 Q4 4 | 46,337 | 124,500 | 148,105 | 224 | 165,836 | 76 |
43,892 | 36 |
Find Out How Much Houses In Glasgow Sold For
Postcodes in Glasgow
G1 G2 G11 G12 G14 G15 G20 G21 G32 G41 G43 G45 G51 G53 G76
The employment rate for minority ethnic men is 69% as compared to 76% of white males. This difference is greater for women: only 44% of minority ethnic women were in employment compared to 71% of white women
(Source: Labour Force Survey 2002, Office for National Statistics).
Proportionately higher numbers of minority ethnic people (20%) rent from a private landlord compared with white people (5%)
(Scottish Household Survey 1999/2000).
Private Schools in Glasgow City
Independant/Private Schools in Glasgow CityCraigholme School 72 St Andrews Drive Pollokshields Glasgow G41 4HS Co-Ed Girls
Glasow Steiner School 52 Lumsden Street Yorkhill Glasgow G3 8RH Co-Ed Day
Hutchesons' Grammer School 21 Beaton Road Glasgow G41 4NY Co-Ed Day
Kelvinside Academy 33 Kirklee Road Glasgow Glasgow G12 OSW Co-Ed Day
St Aloysius' College 45 Hill Street Glasgow G3 6RJ Co-Ed Day
The Glasgow Academy Colebrooke Street Glasgow G12 8HE Co-Ed Day
The High School Of Glasgow 637 Crow Road Glasgow G13 1PL Co-Ed Day
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Paisley Flat Requiring Upgrading
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Top 10 Days Out / Sights To Visit in Glasgow For Families of All Ages
City Sightseeing Glasgow
Gallery of Modern Art
People's Palace and Winter Gardens
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Glasgow Science Centre
The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour
The Willow Tearoom
Cineworld Cinema
The Oldest House
(If walking around the city a route to choose which covers every main street-
George Square to Queen Street to Argyle Street to either Buchanan Street or Union Street leading to Sauchiehall Street.
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Scotland
| Infant mortality rate3, 2005 | 5.2 | |
| Percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*-C at GCSE level or equivalent, 2005/06 | 58.6 | |
| Economic activity rate4, second quarter 2007 (percentages) | 80.9 | |
| Employment rate4, second quarter 2007 (percentages) | 77.1 | |
| Unemployment rate4, second quarter 2007 (percentages) | 4.6 | |
| Median gross weekly earnings: males in full-time employment, April 2007 (£) | 482 | |
| Median gross weekly earnings: females in full-time employment, April 2007 (£) | 381 | |
| Gross value added5, 2006 (UK = less extra-regio)(£ billion) | 91 | |
| Gross value added per head index5, 2006 (UK=100) | 95 | |
| Motor cars currently licensed1,6, 2006 (thousands) | 2,173 | |
| Fatal and serious accidents on roads1, 2006 (rates per 100,000 population) | 49.3 | |
| Recorded crime rate1, 2005/06 (recorded offences per 100,000 population) | 8,200 | |
| Average gross weekly household income, 2003/04 to 2005/067 (£) | 544 | |
| Average weekly household expenditure, 2003/04 to 2005/067 (£) | 394 | |
| Households in receipt of Tax Credits, 18 2005/06 (percentages) | ||
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