Jamaica Street / Howard Street
Jamaica Street / Howard Street is a bus stop in Glasgow City, Scotland. Jamaica Street / Howard Street is situated nearby to the pub The Crystal Palace, as well as near the nightclub Sub Club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glasgow Central Station and The Lighthouse.
Glasgow Central Station
Railway station
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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 Central Station is situated 430 feet northwest of Jamaica Street / Howard Street.
The Lighthouse
Arts center
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The Lighthouse is the renamed conversion of the former offices of the Glasgow Herald newspaper. Completed in 1895, it was designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Lighthouse is situated 850 feet northeast of Jamaica Street / Howard Street.
Hielanman’s Umbrella
Bridge
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hielanman's Umbrella is a landmark in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the local Glaswegian nickname for the glass walled railway bridge which carries the platforms of Glasgow Central station across Argyle Street. It is built in Victorian style. Hielanman’s Umbrella is situated 430 feet northwest of Jamaica Street / Howard Street.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glasgow and Tradeston.
Glasgow
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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.
Tradeston
Suburb
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Tradeston is a small district in the Scottish city of Glasgow adjacent to the city centre on the south bank of the River Clyde. The name reflected its role as a primarily dockland area with a large number of warehouses and wharves along the riverside were vessels would be unloaded.
Merchant City
Suburb
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.
Jamaica Street / Howard Street
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8575° or 55° 51′ 27″ northLongitude
-4.25711° or 4° 15′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C7QVP4V+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 332054240OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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