Glasgow Green, Glasgow

A wonderful large park in the east end and an absolute joy to discover for the first time as I did last month. It’s actually the largest park in the city dating back to the 15th century and has had many uses over the years (including grazing, drying fishing nets and washing clothes)

Nowadays it’s a beautiful place to walk or cycle beside the River Clyde (and across some attractive bridges); you can see the beautiful People’s Palace and Winter Gardens on the Green (including the cafe and extensive museum), the world’s largest terracotta fountain, a tidal weir, the decorative 19th century Templeton Carpet Factory, a monument to Admiral Nelson, and much more.

You can also find Cycle Route 75, also known as the Clyde Walkway, which runs from the centre of the city all the way to Strathclyde Park.

My hubby uses the green for his twice weekly runs and finds it safe to go running in, yes you do get the odd mentalist shouting “go oon yirself big man” but in general the police move on any alkies/junkies. The place is well lit and there is a rowing club at the clyde, with swans and ducks.
The only danger is the numpties who can’t control their scottie dogs/bull mastiffs and end up chasing you round the green but hey i guess it makes it all the more fun.

A really good city centre park. It’s close enough to most things for it to be rather effortless to drop by and while you are there it’s convenient to drop by both the people’s palace and winter gardens (reccommended)

It is also great for jogging alone at night, as there are no “dodgy people” hanging around and the park is completely empty apart from other excercise minded people like yourself.

The only thing you need to tolerate is that often a section of it will be dirty as a lot of events (like T in the park) take place there and their clean up is a bit slower than it should be.

Large park to east of city centre. People’s Palace museum and winter gardens are right in the middle and free to visit too. Concerts and other open air event are regularly held there - Fireworks Display etc. You can walk along the River Clyde through the park into the city centre.

Lovely park right in the centre of Glasgow. Peoples palace is a lovely museum all about the history of Glasgow and free too. There are 2 childrens playparks and plenty of open space. Just watch out for the tramps and alchies who hang about the entrance. They are usually alseep but when awake can be quite rude .