Dowanhill
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.Places of Interest
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Partickhill and Hyndland.
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.
Hyndland
Suburb
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Hyndland is an affluent residential area in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
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.
Dowanhill
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.87615° or 55° 52′ 34″ northLongitude
-4.29959° or 4° 17′ 59″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C7QVPG2+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 440027517OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Basque—“Dowanhill” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Douanhil”
- Azerbaijani: “Douanhill”
- Basque: “Dowanhill”
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