The Observatory
The Observatory is an apartment building in Glasgow City, Scotland which is located on Highburgh Road. The Observatory is situated nearby to Crown Pleasure Gardens, as well as near the theater building Cottiers Theatre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Museum
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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 3,400 feet southeast of The Observatory.
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke
Cathedral
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St. Luke's Greek Orthodox Cathedral is a cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Dowanhill district of Glasgow, Scotland. Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke is situated 1,700 feet northeast of The Observatory.
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Garden
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Glasgow Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden located in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. It features several glasshouses, the most notable of which is the Kibble Palace. Glasgow Botanic Gardens is situated 3,100 feet northeast of The Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dowanhill and Partickhill.
Dowanhill
Suburb
Dowanhill is an affluent area in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. An upper middle-class residential district, the area generally contains a mixture of terraced townhouses with private communal gardens, detached villas with private grounds and a number of four-storey tenement buildings.
Partickhill
Quarter
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Partickhill is a district of the city of Glasgow. Located to the north of Partick, south of Hyndland and west of Dowanhill, it contains mixed housing stock of tenemental type property and villa style houses, as well as some terraced homes.
Partick
Suburb
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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.
The Observatory
- Type: Apartment building
- Address: 88 Highburgh Road, Glasgow, G12 9EN
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.87492° or 55° 52′ 30″ northLongitude
-4.30295° or 4° 18′ 11″ westLevels
5Open location code
9C7QVMFW+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 248694682OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartments
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