Scotland Magazine

GLASGOW HIGH STREET

Atrip to Glasgow without visiting the High Street is a wasted one. The High Street is Glasgow’s oldest and most significant street; it forms the main artery of the city and can easily trace its history back to medieval times.

It has played home to many significant figures in Glasgow’s history, such as the inventor James Watt, economist and philosopher Adam Smith, and poet Thomas Campbell.

Officially consecrated in 1197, Glasgow Cathedral at the far end of

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