📌 Kingston, Glasgow
★★★
🛠️ Site closed for major refurbishment – no reopening date yet (checked April 2024)
The area around Shields Road tube station in Glasgow is an urban wilderness of expressways, railway lines and old warehouses, virtually unrecognisable from before the motorways were built in the 1960s. Scotland Street School somehow still stands however. Designed by famous architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the building was converted into a museum of education after it closed to pupils in 1979 following the relocation of most local residents. Visiting an old school might sound a bit dull, but there are several exhibition rooms, a place for children to dress up and lots of fascinating information about the transformation of the local area over recent decades.
🌍 Location
📌 Scotland Street, Kingston, 1 mi southwest of George Square, Glasgow
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 578641
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.849603,-4.273673
🚇🚌 Shields Road | 🚆 Glasgow Central / Pollokshields East (both 1 mi)
🚗 Car park nearby (charge)
📝 Key info
⌚ Tuesday to Sunday
🎫 Free
