This walking tour will give an overview of Glasgow’s health history, based on the ‘historic backbone’ of Glasgow. It looks at old and new housing, environmental pollution, clean water and sewage, education, food, access to medical treatments and green space, all which have been the foundations for the health and wellbeing of the city’s residents. It shows examples of the challenges that faced the city and how people devised innovative and imaginative solutions to these problems.

We have produced this audio tour as part of the Glasgow 850 anniversary and launched it at the Doors Open Day festival however it will still be accessible beyond the festival itself.

The voices you will hear on this audio tour include those of young people from the G15 Youth Project in Glasgow, who kindly offered to narrate several stops on the tour, alongside those by Kelda McLean, who has produced the tour through her role as Communications Officer at the Glasgow Centre for Population Health.