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Blythswood Square

Blythswood Square is the Georgian square on in the heart of the City of , . The square is part of the 'Magnificent New Town of Blythswood' built in the 1800s on the rising empty ground west of a very new .
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  • Type: Garden
  • Description: square in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Blythswood Square Gardens” and “Garden Square”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glasgow Central Station and Glasgow Film Theatre.

Railway station
Photo: Robinson3048, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glasgow Central, usually referred to in Scotland as just Central or Central Station, is one of two principal main line rail terminals in , Scotland. is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Blythswood Square.

Movie theater
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The is an independent in the city centre of . It occupies a purpose-built cinema building, first opened in 1939, and now protected as a category B listed building. is situated 900 feet northeast of Blythswood Square.

Arts center
Photo: Sam Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an arts centre in , Scotland. It is substantially subsidised by Creative Scotland and operates from the former Third Eye Centre in a building purchased in the 1970s by the Scottish Arts Council. is situated 940 feet northwest of Blythswood Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blythswood Hill and Garnethill.

Suburb
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, crowned by Blythswood Square, is an area of central , Scotland. Its grid of streets extend from the length of the west side of Buchanan Street to Gordon Street and Bothwell Street, and to Charing Cross, Sauchiehall Street and Garnethill.

Suburb
is a predominantly residential area of the city of , with a number of important public buildings.

Suburb
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is an area within inner , Scotland. It is on the north bank of the and forms the south western edge of the city centre. Established as a village of handloom weavers in the early 18th century, was an independent burgh of barony from 1824 until it was incorporated into the City of Glasgow in 1846.

Blythswood Square

Latitude
55.86351° or 55° 51′ 49″ north
Longitude
-4.26316° or 4° 15′ 47″ west
Inception
1823
Operator
Blythswood Square Proprietors Association
Open location code
9C7QVP7P+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4644886
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­garden
Wiki­data ID
Q4930901
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Blythswood Square” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان بليثسوود”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Blythswood”
  • Turkish: “Blythswood Meydanı”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel and The Museum of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as West George Street / Blythswood Street and Blythswood Square Station (8484).

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blythswood Square”. Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.