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.

Partick Trinity Church

Church

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Partick Trinity Church is a 19th century Parish church of the Church of Scotland, located in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland. Partick Trinity Church is situated 1,100 feet southeast of The Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dowanhill and Partickhill.

Dowanhill

Quarter

Dowanhill is an area in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. An affluent middle-upper 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

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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
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Latitude

55.87492° or 55° 52′ 30″ north

Longitude

-4.30295° or 4° 18′ 11″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C7QVMFW+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 248694682

OpenStreetMap feature

building=apartments

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