📌 Bell Street, Glasgow
★★
The Glasgow Police Museum is a worthwhile and little-known attraction in which to spend half an hour or so on a rainy day in Glasgow. Scotland’s largest city is home to the UK’s oldest police force, founded in 1779 and then again (more successfully) in 1788. Expect text-rich information boards, police uniforms from all around the world and plenty of old truncheons. Surprisingly busy on our visit: perhaps the museum’s still living off the reputation bought by its “28th Best Museum in the UK, 2010” award – we don’t rate it quite as highly. At least improvements have been made to the website – which used to be a crime in itself.
🌍 Location
📌 30 Bell Street, 5-min walk southeast of Glasgow city centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 596650
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.857985,-4.244929
🚌 Numerous local buses | 🚆 High Street & several other options | 🚇 St Enoch (0.5 mi)
🚗 Car parks / street parking (charge)
📝 Key info
⌚ Daily, April to October; Tuesday & Sunday, November to March
🎫 Free
