The Lighthouse

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.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 10:30 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: noon—5:00 PM
  • Type: Arts center
  • Description: building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “60 - 76 (even) Mitchell Street, Glasgow Herald Building”, “Glasgow Herald Building”, and “The Lighthouse, Glasgow”
  • Address: 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, G1 3NU

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glasgow Central Station and Gallery of Modern Art.

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 , Scotland. is situated 730 feet southwest of The Lighthouse.

Art gallery
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The is the main gallery of contemporary art in , Scotland. GoMA offers a programme of temporary exhibitions and workshops. is situated 610 feet east of The Lighthouse.

Shopping center
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is a shopping centre on in central , . It was first designed and built in the 1840s by John Baird and other architects. is situated 360 feet southeast of The Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glasgow and Blythswood Hill.

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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.

Suburb
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, crowned by , is an area of central , 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.

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.

The Lighthouse

Latitude
55.85964° or 55° 51′ 35″ north
Longitude
-4.25545° or 4° 15′ 20″ west
Levels
6
Open location code
9C7QVP5V+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 116391589
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Wiki­data ID
Q7747302
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Polish—“The Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “灯塔”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المناره”
  • French: “The Lighthouse”
  • German: “The Lighthouse”
  • Korean: “라이트하우스”
  • Polish: “The Lighthouse w Glasgow”

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