Top 10 things to do in Glasgow and the Clyde Valley
Glasgow is a large, creative city with grand Victorian buildings, free museums, music and food. The Clyde Valley around it has castles, gardens and a World Heritage mill village.
- 1
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
📍 West EndFree, artA grand free museum with art, a Spitfire and Dalí’s Christ of St John of the Cross.
- 2
Glasgow Cathedral
📍 GlasgowHistory, indoorsA medieval cathedral that survived the Reformation, beside the Necropolis.
- 3
Riverside Museum
📍 Glasgow HarbourFree, transportA free museum of transport, with trams, cars and a tall ship.
- 4
The Burrell Collection
📍 Pollok ParkFree, artA free museum of art and antiquities in Pollok Park.
- 5
Glasgow School of Art and Mackintosh trail
📍 Glasgow city centreDesign, architectureThe city is full of Charles Rennie Mackintosh buildings, including the Mackintosh at the Willow.
- 6
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
📍 West EndGardens, freeA free garden with the Kibble Palace glasshouse.
- 7
Glasgow Necropolis
📍 GlasgowHistory, viewsA Victorian cemetery on a hill with views over the city.
- 8
New Lanark World Heritage Site
📍 LanarkHistory, villageAn 18th-century cotton mill village in a beautiful gorge.
- 9
Falls of Clyde
📍 Near LanarkWaterfalls, walksA series of waterfalls reached on a woodland walk from New Lanark.
- 10
Science Centre and Glasgow Tower
📍 Glasgow HarbourFamilies, scienceA hands-on science centre beside the Clyde.
Where to base yourself
Last checked: October 2026.