Western Infirmary
The Western Infirmary was a teaching hospital situated in Yorkhill in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland, that was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. It was opened in 1874 and closed in 2015.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Museum
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum owned by Glasgow City Council is a major museum and art gallery in the Yorkhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Western Infirmary.
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
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The Hunterian is a complex of museums located in and operated by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers the Hunterian Museum, the Hunterian Art Gallery, the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, which are all located in various buildings on the main campus of the university in the west end of Glasgow. Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery is situated 1,600 feet east of Western Infirmary.
Kelvin Hall
Sports venue
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The Kelvin Hall, located on Argyle Street in the Yorkhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, is one of the largest exhibition centres in Britain and now a mixed-use arts and sports venue that opened as an exhibition venue in 1927. Kelvin Hall is situated 950 feet south of Western Infirmary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dowanhill and Kelvinhaugh.
Dowanhill
Suburb
Dowanhill is an affluent area in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. An upper middle-class residential district, the area generally contains a mixture of terraced townhouses with private communal gardens, detached villas with private grounds and a number of four-storey tenement buildings.
Kelvinhaugh
Suburb
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Kelvinhaugh is a neighbourhood in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated directly north of the River Clyde in the West End of the city. Its boundaries are not precisely defined, but roughly correspond to the River Clyde to the south, Yorkhill to the west, Finnieston to the east and Kelvingrove to the north, the division being Argyle Street.
Western Infirmary
- Type: Hospital
- Description: former hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Categories: former hospital and health care
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Western Infirmary” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西部医院”
- Dutch: “Western Infirmary”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المستوصف الجربى”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مستوصف جلاسجو الغربى”
- French: “Western Infirmary”
- Fulah: “Western Infirmary”
- German: “Western Infirmary”
- Italian: “Western Infirmary”
- Spanish: “Western Infirmary”
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