WElcome to Glasgow's Merchant City
To navigate round the site use the links below

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

Glasgow City Council  the web site of Glasgow City Council partners in the Merchant City Initiative 

Scottish Enterprise Glasgow  the website of Scottish Enterprise Glasgow partners in the merchant City Initiative   

Heritage Lottery Fund the website Heritage Lottery Fund's partners in the Merchant City Initiative

Historic Scotland safeguarding Scotland's built heritage.

Scottish Arts Council supporting the arts in Scotland and are partners in the strategy to house the visual arts in the Merchant City

MERCHANT CITY

City Councillors Click here for information on City Councillors for the Merchant City Initiative area.

Trongate 103  Glasgow City Council and eight Merchant City-based visual arts organisations, is leading on the development of a major resource for the city.

Britannia Music Hall Trust is dedicated to saving the historic Britannia Music Hall on the Trongate

GLASGOW

See Glasgow covering all a visitors to the city needs to know.

Visitscotland is Scotland's national tourist board webpage.

The Scotland Guide A illustrated on-line guide to Scotland - click through to find out more about Glasgow - shortly to include biographies of well known Scots as well as articles on the history and culture of the Country

Tourist in Glasgow is a site dedicated to the visitor to Glasgow concentrating of the city's sculpture and rich architectural heritage. 

The Glasgow Story telling you the story of Glasgow in words and pictures.

REGENERATION + HERITAGE

Glasgow Building Preservation Trust are a charity devoted to the preservation of Glasgow's endangered built heritage. They also run the city's Doors Open Day when the best of the City's hidden heritage is opened up for a weekend a year.

Clyde Waterfront The biggest regeneration scheme in Scotland, aiming to transform areas around the River Clyde into a vibrant area to live and work. 

The Architectural Heritage Fund provides help and assistance to charities dedicated to saving the built heritage.   

The Association of Preservation Trusts provides assistance, guidance and acts as an umbrella organisation for Building Preservation Trusts.   

The Civil Defence and Emergency Service Preservation Trust is a charity dedicated to saving the Cold War's heritage including the famous Glasgow Police Box or TARDIS as found in Wilson Street in the Merchant City.

Regen.net provides an invaluable information network for regeneration partnerships.

Architectural Resources architecture related news, books and web resources.

Scottish Civic Trust helping maintain Scotland's built heritage.

Scottish Cities is a site covering the history and architecture of the main Scottish cities and includes a section on the Merchant City. It also has some excellent images of major Scottish buildings.

 

Merchant City Initiative/ Trade into Merchant City/ Eat, Drink, Shop, Bop & Drop/ Merchant Newsletter Merchant City Civic Society/ Fieldwork/ Baillie Matheson Merchant City Festival/ Housing the Visual Arts/ Links/Action Plan
 
 

 

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