Glasgow Tower
Glasgow Tower is an observation tower in Glasgow City. Nearby, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (1.1 km) heads a list of 96 within 15 km. Articles on it exist in 7 languages.
Attraction in Glasgow
Inside Glasgow
Glasgow Tower is inside Glasgow’s locality, with 55 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
In Glasgow the warm season is June to August, with highs of 18–19°C.
Glasgow Tower
Observation tower in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.
In Glasgow, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Attraction
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- in Glasgow
- Official site
- glasgowsciencecentre.org/glasgowtower.aspx
The way to Glasgow Tower
Spot Glasgow Tower in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Glasgow’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
The nearest towns to Glasgow Tower
Of the 5, Glasgow is the largest, at 617,904 people. The list runs from its own town outward.
Glasgow
Rutherglen
Renfrew
Paisley
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Glasgow Tower is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | It’s in town | 617,904 | 101 |
| Rutherglen | 4.5 km southeast of it | 31,185 | 51 |
| Renfrew | 4.9 km west of it | 23,812 | 28 |
| Paisley | 4.9 km west of it | 79,351 | 27 |
| Giffnock | 5 km south of it | 11,963 | 25 |
Also within reach
Choose from 96 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, 3 cathedrals and an art gallery.
Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum1.1 km away · 1M visitors a year2
Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum1.1 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)3
MuseumGlasgow School of Art2 km away4
CathedralGlasgow Cathedral3.7 km away5
Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art2.5 km away · 596K visitors a year6
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral2.5 km away7
MuseumGlasgow Science Centre100 m away8CathedralCathedralSt Mary's Cathedral2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Glasgow Tower
Where is Glasgow Tower?
Glasgow Tower is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.
What is Glasgow Tower?
Observation tower in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Glasgow Tower?
June to August are the warmest months in Glasgow, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Glasgow Tower?
Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (1.1 km), Riverside Museum (1.1 km), Glasgow School of Art (2 km) and Glasgow Cathedral (3.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Glasgow Tower: Feorag at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow Science Centre: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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