Met Tower

The Met Tower is a prominent high rise in , , and was the main building of the former Glasgow Metropolitan College. It originally opened in 1964 as the Stow College of Building, and for most of its life has been known as the Glasgow College of Building and Printing.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: academic (1964-2014), Office (2025-) in Glasgow, Scotland
  • Also known as: “City of Glasgow College” and “North Hanover Street, Glasgow College Of Building And Printing”
  • Address: 60 North Hanover Street, Glasgow, G1 2AD

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glasgow Queen Street railway station and George Square.

Railway station
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Glasgow Queen Street is a passenger railway terminus serving the city of , Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two main line terminals; the larger is . is situated 440 feet west of Met Tower.

Square
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is the principal civic square in the city of , Scotland. It is one of six squares in the city centre, the others being Cathedral Square, St Andrew's Square, St Enoch Square, , and on . is situated 560 feet southwest of Met Tower.

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Glasgow War Memorial, is a which stands on the east side of in , in front of Glasgow City Chambers. is situated 540 feet south of Met Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glasgow and Merchant City.

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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.

Quarter
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.

Quarter
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is a district within the city of , Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – and the .

Met Tower

Latitude
55.86253° or 55° 51′ 45″ north
Longitude
-4.24905° or 4° 14′ 57″ west
Inception
1964
Levels
16
Operator
Vita Group
Open location code
9C7QVQ72+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 204797116
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q122879020
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