Saracen Head, Glasgow

The Saracen Head is a public house in , Scotland. Since 1755, there have been four different establishments of that or very similar names on close-nearby but different sites, which have sometimes been confused.
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  • Type: Pub
  • Description: pub in Glasgow, Scotland
  • Also known as: “The Saracen Head”
  • Address: 209 Gallowgate, Glasgow, G1 5DX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barrowland Ballroom and St Alphonsus‘ Roman Catholic Church, 217 London Road, Glasgow.

Theater building
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The is an entertainment venue, dance hall and music venue located in the district in , . A prominent feature of the music scene in Glasgow, the venue has appeared in various elements of popular culture, notably tracks by Amy Macdonald, Simple Minds and Christy Moore.

Church
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is situated 560 feet south of Saracen Head, Glasgow.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in , . It was the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, from the 12th century until the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century. is situated 2,800 feet north of Saracen Head, Glasgow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calton and Merchant City.

Suburb
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, known locally as The , is a district in . It is situated north of the , and just to the east of the city centre. 's most famous landmark is the Barras street market and the , one of Glasgow's principal musical venues.

Suburb
The , 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.

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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.

Saracen Head, Glasgow

Latitude
55.85562° or 55° 51′ 20″ north
Longitude
-4.23788° or 4° 14′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C7QVQ46+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2096429334
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­pub
Wiki­data ID
Q134531828
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