Glenlee
Glenlee is a steel-hulled three-masted barque, built as a cargo ship at Port Glasgow under that name in 1896 for Glasgow owners. With later owners she was named Islamount and Clarastella.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: 1896 steel-hulled three-masted barque and museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Clarastella.”, “Galatea”, “Islamount”, “Tall Ship Glenlee”, “The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour”, and “The Tall Ship At Riverside”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and Glasgow Rangers.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Museum
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum owned by Glasgow City Council is a major art gallery and museum in the Yorkhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Glenlee.
Glasgow Rangers
Stadium
Photo: Archibald99, Public domain.
Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland. The home of Scottish Premiership team Rangers, Ibrox is the third-largest football stadium in Scotland, with an all-seated capacity of 51,700. Glasgow Rangers is situated 4,100 feet south of Glenlee.
Govan Old Parish Church
Church
Photo: Lynn M Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Govan Old Parish Church is a former parish church serving Govan in Glasgow from the 5th or 6th century AD until 2007. In that year, the Church of Scotland united the two Govan congregations with Linthouse and established the parish church at Govan Cross, making Govan Old redundant. Govan Old Parish Church is situated 1,100 feet west of Glenlee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Govan and Partick.
Govan
Suburb
Photo: Njellis, Public domain.
Govan is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of southwest Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated 2+1⁄2 miles west of Glasgow city centre, on the south bank of the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Kelvin and the district of Partick.
Partick
Suburb
Photo: Kaihsu, Public domain.
Partick is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park, and to the north Broomhill, Hyndland, Dowanhill, Hillhead, areas which form part of the West End of Glasgow.
Glenlee
- Categories: barque, independent museum, museum ship, preserved watercraft, ship, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8646° or 55° 51′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.30753° or 4° 18′ 27″ westInception
1896Open location code
9C7QVM7R+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 170350466OpenStreetMap feature
building=shipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1531015
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Glenlee” goes by many names.
- French: “Glenlee”
- German: “Glenlee”
- Papiamento: “Galatea (1922)”
- Spanish: “Galatea (1922)”
- Spanish: “Galatea (buque escuela)”
- Spanish: “Galatea”
- “Glenlee”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Govan & Linthouse Parish Church and Glasgow Theatre And Arts Collective.
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