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Over 20-25 years an estimated 5-6 billion of

public and private investment will regenerate 20km

of the River Clyde.

Economic, social and environmental regeneration

from Glasgow city centre to Dumbarton has the

potential to deliver:

50,000 new jobs

24,000 new homes

900,000m2of office, retail, industrial and

leisure space.

Successful regeneration involves linking past and

future. The Clyde Waterfront Partnership has

developed this guide to ensure that the new

developments, landscape, rich history and important

heritage sites along the river are recognised.

We hope this guide will help visitors and local people

to enjoy discovering the area.

Clyde Waterfront is a strategic partnership of the

Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise,

Glasgow City Council, Renfrewshire Council and

West Dunbartonshire Council.

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The Clyde

The River Clyde has always played an important role ihistory of Glasgow. It is often said, Glasgow made the Cthe Clyde made Glasgow.As engineers made the river m

navigable, the citys commerce and industries flourishThe Clyde is a short river, little more than 100 miles lonin the Lanarkshire hills. Upstream it flows swiftly withspectacular stretches such as the Falls of Clyde near LaAt Glasgow the river was a shallow estuary with sandbislets known as inches. Downstream, in deep water, Du

Irvine and Greenock were the main ports, with Port Glaestablished by Glasgow merchants in 1662.

Parts of the Upper

Clyde were canalised

Glasgow was checked and

kept under by the


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01 Glasgow GreenGlasgow Green is one of the mostancient public parks in Scotland. Overmany centuries it provided a welcomeescape from the crowded tenementsof the old town. In 1450 James II gavethe land to the Bishop of Glasgow forpublic grazing. Eventually it became apublic space protected by the cityfathers. It has been used as awashing, bleaching and drying areaby local people, as a rallying point for

Jacobite troops in 1745, a site of public

executions until 1865, and forpolitical rallies and public festivals.

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02 Victoria Bridge and theMerchant City 1851-4A late 13th century wooden structureon this site was Glasgows first bridge,

soon replaced by a handsome eight-arched stone bridge built at theinstigation of Bishop Rae in 1345.For 400 years, with several re-buildings and wideningnotably byThomas Telford in 1821BishopsBridge was the lowest bridge crossingof the Clyde. The present much larger

sandstone structure, designed by theLondon firm of James Walker, is facedwith Irish granite from Dun Laoghaire.

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04 Queens Dock andYorkhill QuaySome of Glasgows most notablemodern landmarks face each other

across the river here, linked by BellsBridge, the Millennium Bridge and theClyde Arc. The land they are built on isreclaimed dock yards. The SECC(1984) and Clyde Auditorium (NormanFoster, 2000) now stand on the site ofQueens Dock where Glasgowcompanies traded an enormous

variety of goods around the world.

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05 Princes DockOnce busy with shipping and commerce,the Princes Dock area is now a symbolof regeneration for Glasgow and theClyde. A new digital media quarter isbeing developed at Pacific Quay. BellsBridge was constructed for the 1988Glasgow Garden Festival which tookplace on this newly filled dock site.This was one of the first steps in theregeneration of the Clyde. Along withthe memorable European Year ofCulture in 1990 it helped restore the

hopes of local people lamenting the lossof industries that were a way of life.

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06 GovanGovan is an ancient settlement,once quite separate from and moreimportant than Glasgow. It is hometo some of the most important early

Christian carvings in Scotland.However, it is best known as a centrefor shipbuilding in the 19th and 20thcenturies. Archaeological evidenceand the heart-shaped churchyardaround Govan Old Church show therewas a church and burial ground hereas early as 600-800AD. Numerous

carved tombstones dating from 900-1100 have been found.

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2. Fairfields Offices

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Ambitious public buildings

and statues reflect the

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08 RenfrewThe ancient royal burgh of Renfrewlies between the White Cart and theClyde. Back in the 12th century theClyde ran right up to Renfrew with

inches, or islets, in the middle.Renfrew Castle (where James III ofScotland spent some time) once stoodon Kings Inch but the islet wasgradually absorbed into Renfrew asthe waterway silted up and the rest ofthe river was made navigable.

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ErskineEven before the Erskine Bridge wasbuilt, the chain ferry meant that thiswas an important crossing point. Nowit is an ideal place to enjoy a walk

along the banks of the Clyde. Goingfrom Renfrew to Erskine along the A8,over the Inchinnan bascule bridge,you pass one of the finest Art Decobuildings in Scotland. The India ofInchinnan Building dates from 1930when it was designed by ThomasWallis (whose firm also designed the

famous Hoover factory in westLondon) for India Tyres.

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10 ClydebankThe John Brown shipyard atClydebank was perhaps the mostfamous of all the Clyde shipbuilders.Both large liners and warships have

been launched here. You can nowenjoy a panoramic view of Clydesidefrom the top of the Titan Crane. A lift,rather than the endless stairs thecrane operators used, whisks you upto the engine house and an exhibition.The hammerhead crane, overlookingthe fitting-out basin, is an apt symbol

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11 Old Kilpatrick andBowling HarbourOld Kilpatrick marks the western endof the Antonine Wall which the

Romans built across central Scotland.Similarly, Bowling is the western endof the Forth and Clyde Canal. A Romanfort and bath house (no longer visible)marked the western terminus of theAntonine Wall, constructed between142-144 AD. The Antonine Wall gainedWorld Heritage Site status in 2008.

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12 DumbartonThis site has always beenstrategically important. It lies at the

junction of the River Leven and theClyde, and at the highest natural

navigable point of the Clyde, with thevolcanic mass of Dumbarton Rock todefend it. Dumbarton was the capitalof the ancient kingdom of Strathclydeuntil 1018 and suffered Viking attackin 870. From the 13th century it wasa royal burgh. The Castle was the mainnaval base for the Scottish kings in

their ongoing struggle to control theHighland and Hebridean chieftains.

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Over 20-25 years an estimated 5-6 billion of

public and private investment will regenerate 20km

of the River Clyde.

Economic, social and environmental regeneration

from Glasgow city centre to Dumbarton has the

potential to deliver:

50,000 new jobs

24,000 new homes

900,000m2of office, retail, industrial and

leisure space.

Successful regeneration involves linking past and

future. The Clyde Waterfront Partnership has

developed this guide to ensure that the new

developments, landscape, rich history and i mportant

heritage sites along the river are recognised.

We hope this guide will help vi sitors and local people

to enjoy discovering the area.

Clyde Waterfront is a strategic partnership of the

Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise,

Glasgow City Council, Renfrewshire Council and

West Dunbartonshire Council.

For further information please visit

www.clydewaterfront.com

Clyde Waterfront

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DATE: 18/11/2008

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GlasgowGreenJusticiaryCourthouse,TheMcLennanArch,NelsonMonument,DoultonFountain,TempletonsCarpet Factory,GlasgowHumaneSociety, PeoplesPalaceandWinterGardens

VictoriaBridgeandtheMerchantCityVictoriaBridge,TheBriggait&MerchantsSteeple,CarltonPlace

TheBroomielawClydeNavigationTrustBuilding

QueensDockand YorkhillQuayNorthRotunda,FinniestonCrane,HydraulicPumpingStation,TheTallShip &KelvinhaughFerry,RiversideMuseum

PrincesDockScienceCentre,GlasgowTower, ImaxCinema,HydraulicPumping

Station,GravingDocks,GovanTownHall,SouthRotunda

GovanGovanOldParishChurch,FairfieldsOffices, ElderPark,Pearce Institute

BraeheadBraeheadCentre,Xscape,K ingGeorge VDock,Harland&Wolff,ScotstounYard,ClydeView Park

RenfrewFerryInn,Simonsand LobnitzYard,

InchinnanRoad,BasculeBridge,RenfrewCommunityMuseum

ErskineIndia of InchinnanBuilding, ErskineRiverfrontWalkway,NewshotIsland, MarHall (ErskineHouse)

ClydebankTitanCrane, TownHall&ClydebankMuseum,ForthandClydeCanal

Old Kilpatrickand BowlingHarbourAntonineWall,BowlingHarbour,HenryBellMonument,LangDyke,

CustomHouse,ForthandClydeCanal, RomanFort &BathHouse

DumbartonDumbartonRock& Castle,ShipModelExperimentTank,ParishChurch,GlencairnGreitHouse

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