Blythswood New Town

Blythswood New Town is a locality in Glasgow City, Scotland. Blythswood New Town is situated nearby to the quarter Blythswood Hill, as well as near the locality Broomielaw.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glasgow Central Station and Glasgow Queen Street railway station.

Glasgow Central Station

Railway station

Photo: Robinson3048, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glasgow Central, usually referred to in Scotland as just Central or Central Station, is one of two principal main line rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland.

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.

Blythswood Square

Garden

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blythswood Square is the Georgian square on Blythswood Hill in the heart of the City of Glasgow, Scotland. The square is part of the 'Magnificent New Town of Blythswood' built in the 1800s on the rising empty ground west of a very new Buchanan Street.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blythswood Hill and Glasgow.

Blythswood Hill

Quarter

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Glasgow

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland on Clydeside in the Central Belt. Glasgow reinvented itself from the 1990s, one of the most successful examples in Britain, with a range of developments in industry, culture, cuisine and architecture.

Garnethill

Quarter

Garnethill is a predominantly residential area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland with a number of important public buildings.

Blythswood New Town

Type: Locality
Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

55.86186° or 55° 51′ 43″ north

Longitude

-4.25991° or 4° 15′ 36″ west

Elevation

131 feet (40 metres)

Open location code

9C7QVP6R+P2

GeoNames ID

13265294

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Blythswood New Town from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Broomielaw and Anderston.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel and Grand Central Hotel.

Scotland: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.