Byers Road

Introduction

This evening, I am reporting on Byers Road in Glasgow’s West End. This is a trendy, upscale district on which more below.

Visitor Sites near to Byers Road

Visitors could spend one or two days taking in the following which can be reached on foot:

Kelvingrove: A world class art gallery and museum.

Glasgow University and it’s associate, the Hunterian Museum, both of which are open to the public.

Byers Road (see below)

Glasgow Botanic Gardens

Great Western Terrace, an architectural gem.

Byers Road

This is a mile or so long and populated with a wide range of shops and other outlets. Here is everything from upscale grocery stores such as Waitrose to a tiny outlet selling vintage clothes. In between are restaurants, coffee shops, charity shops, pharmacies and numerous speciality shops.

Ubiquitous Chip. This is one of Glasgow’s top restaurants and is located in Ashton Lane. (Not associated with fish and chip meals.)

Ad for Glenlivet Whisky on wall of Ubiquitous Chip

The Bothy, another well regarded restaurant, in Ruthven Lane.

Oran Mor restaurant opposite Botanic Gardens. This building was formerly a church.

More information

For more information on Glasgow and Scotland in general please refer Visitors’ Guide to Scotland, ISBN 978-1-9161332-0-4. This book is also available via Kindle.

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