Glasgow Botanic Gardens
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.Photo: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 7:00 AM—dusk
- Type: Garden
- Description: botanical garden in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Botanic Gardens, Glasgow” and “Kibble Palace”
- Address: 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0UE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church.
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 4,100 feet south of Glasgow Botanic Gardens.
Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church
Church
Photo: Bjmullan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church, originally Hillhead Parish Church, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving the Hillhead and Kelvinside areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow. Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Glasgow Botanic Gardens.
Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow
Library
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, Glasgow is situated 1,200 feet south of Glasgow Botanic Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Kelvinside and Hillhead.
North Kelvinside
Quarter
North Kelvinside is a residential district of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is often regarded as a subdistrict of Maryhill, sharing its G20 postcode, as well as its House of Commons electoral constituency prior to incorporation into Glasgow North in 2005.
Hillhead
Suburb
Photo: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hillhead is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated north of Kelvingrove Park and to the south of the River Kelvin, Hillhead is at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable West End, with Byres Road forming the western border of the area, the other boundaries being Dumbarton Road to the south and the River Kelvin to the east and north.
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.
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
- Categories: botanical garden and recreation area
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.87988° or 55° 52′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.29079° or 4° 17′ 27″ westOperator
Glasgow City CouncilOpen location code
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way 302459223OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q894634
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Glasgow Botanic Gardens” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “格拉斯哥植物園”
- Chinese: “格拉斯哥皇家植物学会”
- Chinese: “格拉斯哥皇家植物學會”
- Czech: “Glasgowská botanická zahrada”
- Dutch: “Glasgow Botanic Gardens”
- Dutch: “Kibble Palace”
- French: “Botanic Garden of Glasgow”
- French: “jardin botanique de Glasgow”
- French: “Jardin botanique de Glasgow”
- German: “Botanische Gärten Glasgow”
- German: “Glasgow Botanic Gardens”
- German: “Kibble Palace”
- Indonesian: “Kebun Botani Glasgow”
- Irish: “Gárradh Lusan Ghlaschú”
- Italian: “giardino botanico di Glasgow”
- Italian: “Giardino botanico di Glasgow”
- Italian: “Glasgow Botanic Gardens”
- Korean: “글래스고 식물원”
- Polish: “Ogród botaniczny w Glasgow”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico de Glasgow”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botánico de Glasgow”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botanico de Glasgow”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Glasgow”
- Ukrainian: “Ботанічний сад Глазго”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kibble Palace and West End Post Office.
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