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Glasgow Women's Library

Glasgow Women's Library is a library in Glasgow. A short trip away is Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 3.1 km off, the first of 105 within 15 km. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 5 languages.

Photo: Glasgow Women's Library, Lirazelf (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Glasgow

inside the locality

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Museum in Glasgow

Inside Glasgow

Glasgow Women's Library 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.

When to go

Which month to go

For warmth, aim for June to August (18–19°C highs in Glasgow).

Jan7° / 2°121 mm

Feb8° / 2°99 mm

Mar10° / 3°85 mm

Apr12° / 5°62 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°69 mm

Jul19° / 12°84 mm

Aug19° / 11°91 mm

Sep17° / 9°89 mm

Oct13° / 7°121 mm

Nov9° / 4°114 mm

Dec7° / 2°128 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Glasgow, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Glasgow. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Glasgow’s full climate →

About

Glasgow Women's Library

Library in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

In Glasgow, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Glasgow
Official site: womenslibrary.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Map of Glasgow Women's Library and nearby

The map centres on Glasgow Women's Library, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Towns around Glasgow Women's Library, by distance

Largest of the 4 is Glasgow, home to 617,904. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Glasgow

617,904 people · 101 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km southeast of it

Rutherglen

31,185 people · 51 places to visit

3 · 4.2 km southeast of it

Cambuslang

33,250 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 4.6 km north of it

Bishopbriggs

23,759 people · 39 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Glasgow Women's Library is	People	Places to visit
Glasgow	It’s in town	617,904	101
Rutherglen	2.1 km southeast of it	31,185	51
Cambuslang	4.2 km southeast of it	33,250	35
Bishopbriggs	4.6 km north of it	23,759	39

Make a day of it

While you are near Glasgow Women's Library

105 more lie within 15 km, 4 museums, 3 cathedrals and an art gallery among them.

Big drawMuseumKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum3.1 km away · 1M visitors a year 2

CathedralGlasgow Cathedral1.1 km away 3

MuseumGlasgow School of Art1.5 km away 4

Big drawArt galleryGallery of Modern Art600 m away · 596K visitors a year 5

CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral400 m away 6

Big drawMuseumRiverside Museum3.8 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2015)7

MuseumPeople's Palace800 m away · 290K visitors a year 8CathedralCathedralSt Mary's Cathedral2.6 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Glasgow Women's Library

Where is Glasgow Women's Library?

Glasgow Women's Library is in Glasgow, Glasgow City, inside the town’s locality.

What is Glasgow Women's Library?

Library in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Glasgow Women's Library?

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 Women's Library?

Within 15 km: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (3.1 km), Glasgow Cathedral (1.1 km), Glasgow School of Art (1.5 km) and Gallery of Modern Art (600 m).

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 Women's Library: Lirazelf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow Cathedral: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Glasgow School of Art: Stinglehammer, 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
Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
People's Palace: Emmi Hakka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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