Merchant City

The Merchant City, a new name introduced through urban renewal by the Scottish Development Agency and the city council in the 1980s is one part of the metropolitan central area of Glasgow.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: district in the city center of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Baile nam Marsantach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include George Square and Glasgow Queen Street railway station.

Square
Photo: Archibald99, CC BY 3.0.
is the principal civic square in the city of , Scotland. It is one of six squares in the city centre, the others being Cathedral Square, St Andrew's Square, St Enoch Square, , and on .

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glasgow Queen Street is a passenger railway terminus serving the city of , Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two main line terminals; the larger is .

Theater building
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The in Trongate, , is one of the oldest remaining music halls in Britain. It is located above an amusement arcade, at 113–117 Trongate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glasgow and Townhead.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the largest city in Scotland on in the Central Belt. reinvented itself from the 1990s, one of the most successful examples in Britain, with a range of developments in industry, culture, cuisine and architecture.

Quarter
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district within the city of , Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – and the .

Suburb
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, known locally as The , is a district in . It is situated north of the , south of the neighbouring district of , and just to the east of the city centre.

Merchant City

Latitude
55.85913° or 55° 51′ 33″ north
Longitude
-4.24632° or 4° 14′ 47″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
9C7QVQ53+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30245149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
13265291
Wiki­data ID
Q6818362
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Satellite Map

Discover Merchant City from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Merchant City” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Merçant Siti”
  • Basque: “Merchant City”
  • Chinese: “商人城”
  • Esperanto: “Komercista Urbo”
  • Urdu: “مرچنٹ سٹی”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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