WALK: Glasgow Through the Ages II The Industrial City

Join Gemma Wild of Glasgow City Heritage Trust on a tour showing how Glasgow developed following the arrival of the Forth & Clyde Canal, the motorway of the 18th century.

Please note the tour lasts approximately 2 hrs starting from Scottish Canals HQ at Applecross Street following the canal to Firhill and taking in the canal-side industries in and around Garscube Road before heading back towards Speirs Wharf and finishing back at Applecross Street. Highlights include the unlikely history of Bairds Brae, the oldest canalside buildings in Scotland, Maryhill's past as the Venice of Scotland, aqueducts, bridges and spillways, World War II protection measures, the Hamiltonhill Claypits, the Phoenix Flowers, The Glue Factory and the Speirs Wharf warehouses.