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Partick

The old burgh where the Kelvin meets the Clyde, a shipbuilding town until Glasgow absorbed it in 1912, and the ground of the first football international.

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Partick sits where the River Kelvin runs into the Clyde, just west of the university and Kelvingrove, and it has the feel of a town of its own, because for a long time it was one.

It was a weaving village of about a thousand people until the 1840s, when Tod and MacGregor opened their Meadowside shipyard at the mouth of the Kelvin; by 1850 five thousand lived here. It became a burgh in 1852, grew west with its shipyards and engineering works, and held out against Glasgow until the city absorbed it in 1912, when more than 50,000 called it home.

On St Andrew's Day 1872, at the West of Scotland Cricket Ground on Hamilton Crescent, Scotland and England played the first international football match the world had seen. It ended nil-nil. Today Partick is red tenements, the Riverside Museum on the Clyde, and cafés and bars along Dumbarton Road.

Close byCottiersA parish church that is now a bar, restaurant and theatre.2 min by roadSee itCottiers
Before you go

Partick has its own subway and rail station, a few minutes from the city centre.

The Riverside Museum is a short walk south by the Clyde.

Getting there
Partick station, for the subway and trains.
Where
West of the Kelvin, north of the Clyde.
Hamilton Crescent
The cricket ground of the first international, 1872.
Where it is

The West End of Glasgow, where the Kelvin meets the Clyde.

Close byIn Partick, or a short walk away.
  1. The counter at Caffe Monza with cakes, rolls and coffee menus.Caffe MonzaUnder a mile 1 min by road
  2. Mural of a girl in a headscarf on a Glasgow tenement wallByres RoadThe high street of the West End, running up from Partick Cross.Under a mile 2 min by road
  3. Riverside MuseumRiverside MuseumGlasgow's transport museum, where the Kelvin meets the Clyde.Under a mile 3 min by road
  4. Taxidermy elephant and suspended aircraft in Kelvingrove Art Gallery's main hall, GlasgowKelvingrove Art Gallery and MuseumThe red sandstone museum of 1901, with a daily organ recital.1 mile 4 min by road
  5. Exposed bedrock and quarry pits preserved inside a roofed exhibition hallFossil GroveEleven fossil tree stumps in Victoria Park, a short way west.1 mile 4 min by road
Directions
A cup of coffee with latte art held in two hands.Cafekaf coffee0.2 miles
Crisp cauliflower with herbs in a grey bowl.RestaurantsPartick Duck Club0.3 miles
Turntables and a shelf of records under the coffee shelves.CafeRevival0.3 miles
Skateboard decks lined up along the shop wall.ShoppingClan Skates0.3 miles
Space's front on Dumbarton Road, the number 540 on the glass.CafeSpace Speciality Coffee House0.3 miles
A bag of Willow Grove coffee beside a small cup.CafeWillow Grove0.3 miles
Lios Mor pub front with gold lettering and stained glass windowsRestaurantsThe Lismore0.4 miles
Ziques under the old Hargan's Dairy sign, red chairs on the pavement.CafeZiques0.4 miles
The dining room at GaGa, green booths and hanging lamps along a bright wall.RestaurantsGaGa0.4 miles
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Places to stay near Partick, and when each is next free.

A grey sofa with cushions sits before a black and white kitchen, a framed print on the wall to the left.Moment Blythswood Street
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Glasgow
  • 2 miles from Partick
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  • To stay
  • In Glasgow
  • 9 miles from Partick
Check datesA grey corner sofa with cushions and a sheepskin throw sits before a shelf of books and a round mirror, a wood burning stove and log store to the right.Talli House
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Dunlop
  • 11 miles from Partick
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