Housed in the red sandstone tenements that curve up the east side of the High Street
1 minModern-day version of St Mungo, the sixth century founder and Patron Saint of Glasgow
59 sThis ordinary looking sandstone wall is in fact the remains of Duke Street Prison
2 minAbove the corner bay is a strapworked panel inscribed ‘City Improvement Trust’.
56 sThe British Linen Bank was founded to finance industrial linen manufacturing
1 minThe cobbles of College Street face onto the old site of Glasgow University
54 sTowering over the High Street is the 37 meter high medieval Tollbooth steeple
1 minThe Saltmarket was once notorious for back alley drinking dens and singing saloons.
2 minThe window paintings on Salt Community Space were created by the Womens Type Foundry
1 minThe Baronial Saltmarket tenements were designed city architect John Carrick in 1887
1 minWall mural by Sophie Rowan, referencing the Saltmarket's history of the cloth making
44 sYour tour will journey along the historic High Street & Saltmarket thoroughfare, through past & present occupation of this historic quarter of Glasgow. We’ll take in some of the cultural and civic spaces, whilst exploring the changing face of one of Glasgow’s oldest streets.