Kelvingrove Park Heritage Trail includes 35 points of interest. Here you can find further details of the trail.
It will take you approximately 1 hour 30 minutes to follow the Heritage Trail from Kelvingrove Museum to The Kelvinway Bridge.
Available here is a map of the heritage trail, and information on the 35 points of interest. This information is also available for download in PDF format.
Kelvingrove Park Heritage Trail Map (1085k PDF)
Kelvingrove Heritage Trail Leaflet (990k PDF)
History & Heritage
Kelvingrove Park was laid out between 1852 and 1867. It is commonly recognised as the first purpose designed and constructed park in Scotland and it rapidly became a considerable attraction. It was originally known as ‘The West End Park’.
Further Information on the History & Heritage of Kelvingrove Park
For general information on Kelvingrove Park, including opening times, how to get there and facilities within the park visit our main Kelvingrove Park page.
The Heritage Trail contains 35 key sites of interest on your walk around Kelvingrove Park. Images and some information on these monuments can be found here.
1. Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery (1901)
2. The Italian Gardens (1915-1916)
3. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) War Memorial (1924)
4. The Normandy Veterans Association Monument (1994)
5. The Snowbridge Original Partick Bridge (1800)
6. The Red Sandstone Piers and Iron Gateway at Dumbarton Road Entrance to the Park (1914)
7. The Sunlight Cottages (1901)
8. The Chalybeate Spring Well (1800)
9. The Bunhouse Weir and Lade (circa 1450-1900)
10. Remains of Clayslaps Mill (circa 1650-1880)
11. The Psalmist (1972)
12. Tom John Honeyman Seating Area (1972)
13. Statue of Lord Lister (1924)
14. The Pulham Rockery and Cascade (1901)
15. The Statue of Lord Kelvin (1913)
16. The Kelvingrove Bandstand, Amphitheatre and Toilets
17. The Kelvinway Gate Piers at University Avenue
18. The Statue of Thomas Carlyle (1916)
19. The Prince of Wales Bridge (1894-95)
20. The Highland Light Infantry Monument (1906)
21. The An Clachan Memorial (1912)
22. Lobey Dosser Statue (1992)
23. Park Terrace and Park Quadrant Retaining Wall and Balustrade, Park Gate Entrance Gate-piers and Park Quadrant Railings (c. 1855 and later)
24. Monument to Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts,V.C., of Khandahar, Pretoria and Waterford (1916)
25. Statue of The Royal Bengal Tigress with a Peacock 1867
26. Granite Staircase (1853-54)
27. Playground Shelter (1913)
28. The Herbaceous Border
29. Jubilee Gateway (1897)
30. Stewart Memorial Fountain (1872)
31. Cyprus Pond (1885)
32. Skateboard Park and Children’s Play Area(2004)
33. Radnor Bowling and Tennis Pavillion, Croquet Lawns and Pavilion (1922)
34. Kelvinway Gate Piers at Sauchiehall Street(1913-1914)
35. The Kelvinway Bridge (1913-14)
Acknowledgements
The information was provided from various sources – in particular;
Fiona Jamieson –
Landscape Historian,
Cultural Landscapes and Heritage,
30A Mansionhouse Road,
Edinburgh EH9 2 JD
Glasgow City Council,
Cultural and Leisure Services,
Glasgow Museums,
Mitchell Library,
Glasgow Collection - http://www.theglasgowstory.com/
Gary Nisbet – Sculpture Historian
http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/
Archaeological Research by GUARD
Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division.