The Hampden stadium tour and lunch at the Battlefield Rest

Glasgow

Hampden Park – A Stadium Tour and Lunch in an Old Tram Shelter

A few hours.

The route

Hampden Park on Glasgow's south side is Scotland's national stadium, with the Scottish Football Museum inside it and a guided tour that follows the players out to the pitchside.

Lunch is a short walk away at the Battlefield Rest, and the museum and the tour suit all ages.

The day

Glasgow

A morning in among the football on the south side: the trophies and treasures, the stadium as the players see it, and an Italian lunch to finish.

About four hours, with lunchAbout 1.5 miles on foot

Hampden Park Stadium
An attraction
Parking is free in front of the South Stand at Hampden Park in Mount Florida, where steps with a ramp either side lead up to the museum; Mount Florida station, with trains from Glasgow Central, is 10 minutes' walk. The stadium has staged Scotland's internationals since 1906, and when it opened in 1903 no venue in the world was bigger. The museum's great prize is the original Scottish Cup, first won in 1874: no national football trophy anywhere is older. You can walk through a turnstile from the old ground and sit in its dressing room. The guided tour, 45 minutes to an hour, goes down to the underground roadway and the changing rooms, lets you see how fast your shot is in the indoor warm-up area, then leads out of the players' tunnel to the pitchside. Give the museum at least as long again.
More about Hampden Park Stadium
About 17 min on foot
Battlefield Rest
Lunch
A walk west from the stadium brings you to the Battlefield Rest, a green-and-cream tiled tram shelter of 1915, saved from demolition by a local petition and an Italian bistro since 1994. The weekday lunch menu of pasta, risotto and crêpes comes as two or three courses, with a children's pasta, drink and scoop of ice cream. A few minutes further west, the column on the island at Langside Road marks the Battle of Langside of 1568, Mary Queen of Scots' final defeat in Scotland.