Cowcaddens
Cowcaddens is an area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It sits directly north of the city centre and is bordered by the newer area of Garnethill to the south-west and Townhead to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Piping Centre and Theatre Royal.
National Piping Centre
Museum
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Piping Centre is an institution in Glasgow, Scotland, dedicated to the playing of the bagpipes, to include not only the Great Highland Bagpipes, but also the Scottish smallpipes and Irish uileann pipes, as well as other traditional musical instruments.
Theatre Royal
Theater building
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The Theatre Royal is the oldest theatre in Glasgow and the longest running in Scotland. Located at 282 Hope Street, at the Cowcaddens area, its front door was originally round the corner in Cowcaddens Street.
Glasgow Queen Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glasgow Queen Street is a passenger railway terminus serving the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two main line terminals; the larger is Glasgow Central.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Dundas and Garnethill.
Port Dundas
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Port Dundas is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located 1 mile to the north of the city centre. It lies to the north of Cowcaddens, and to the west of Sighthill, with Hamiltonhill and Possilpark to the north-west.
Garnethill
Suburb
Garnethill is a predominantly residential area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland with a number of important public buildings.
Blythswood Hill
Suburb
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Blythswood Hill, crowned by Blythswood Square, is an area of central Glasgow, Scotland. Its grid of streets extend from the length of the west side of Buchanan Street to Gordon Street and Bothwell Street, and to Charing Cross, Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill.
Cowcaddens
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86877° or 55° 52′ 8″ northLongitude
-4.25461° or 4° 15′ 17″ westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
9C7QVP9W+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 30245148OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Norwegian Bokmål—“Cowcaddens” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cowcaddens”
- Irish: “Coille Challtainn”
- Japanese: “カウカデンズ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cowcaddens”
- Norwegian: “Cowcaddens”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cowcaddens”. Photo: Hwyndham, CC BY-SA 4.0.