Glasgow, Govan, Garden Festival Site
Exhibition Site (20th Century), Garden(S) (20th Century), Public Park(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan, Garden Festival Site
Classification Exhibition Site (20th Century), Garden(S) (20th Century), Public Park(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Prince's Dock; Glasgow Garden Festival
Canmore ID 44232
Site Number NS56SE 100
NGR NS 56 64
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Wimpey house from South-East, in the Recreation and Sport exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of sculpture of reclining woman.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Health and Well-Being gates.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the interior of the Four Winds Pwer Station - Tramshed.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'High Street' from South-West.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Stoke-on-Trent giant willow-pattern teapot and teacup water feature.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Estival. General view of the Roman Villa - Strathclyde Region exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the entrance to the People's Republic of China Friendship garden.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view to the North-West from the Finnieston Crane.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Stoke-onTrent exhibit. A giant willow-pattern teapot and tea-cup water-feature.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'High Street'.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'High Street'.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Eye Garden. A pattern of flower borders, with a central globe made of moss, and a huge pair of spectacles.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'Vital Spark' and the Clydesdale Tower.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Central Regional Council exhibit, a mock Victorian Station, complete with engine
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the University of Strathclyde exhibit and the Rotunda.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Royal Fine Arts Commission exhibit and the Crystal Pavillion
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Crystal Pavillion and a water-feature made from water-filled glass tubes.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Beechwood Scotland Ltd exhibit, a glass pyramid.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. View of sculpture of woman throwing a 'jeely piece' out of a tenement window.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of site from North-East, from the Finnieston crane.
1988
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Glasgow. Garden Festival. General view of the Glasgow Allotment Society exhibit in the Recreation and Sport area.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Coca-Cola Roller-Coaster, from East.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Railway Heritage garden and engine.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the B.B.C Scotland building.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Barclays Merchant City Clock Tower.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Solar-powered house.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of 'The Gallery' gateway.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival site. General view of the 'North-West Passage' gateway.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view to the North from Finnieston Crane.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Turin Friendship Garden.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'High Street'.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Bowmore Distilleries building.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Laing Homes exhibit.
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Central Regional Council exhibit, a mock Victorian Station, complete with engine
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Coca-Cola roller-coaster, with a car going upside down.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Wimpey dream home.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the S.S.H.A exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Edinburgh Woolen Mill exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of sculpture, 'Tenement Gossip'.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Bell's Bridge.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the bandstand and 'High Street'.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. Oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
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Front cover of Mactaggart and Mickel milk bar leaflet for 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival. The Broom Milk Bar.
Records of Mactaggart and Mickel Ltd, house-builders, Glasgow, Scotland
1988
© Courtesy of HES (MacTaggart and Mickel)
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view from North-East, from the Finnieston crane.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival site. General aerial view after clearance.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the scarecrows (landscape and scenery section).
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the S.S.H.A and occupational therapists exhibit, in the Recreation and Sport area.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Crystal pavillion from West.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the C.B.C. Bonsai Garden.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the British Rail exhibit, the front of an Intercity 125 and a dome-shaped marquee.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the University of Strathclyde exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'High Street'. Scaffolding supporting architectural features forming a 'street' of shops.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden festival. General view of the University of Strathclyde exhibit, and the Rotunda.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Wimpey House from the East.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Recreation and Sport area (East), from the West.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'Water and Maritime' gates.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'High Street' gates.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the entrance to the Roman villa and garden.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Green City cafe'.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Stoke-on-Trent exhibit, a giant willow-pattern teapot and teacup water-feature.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'Crystal Tiles' exhibit. A pomd with teapot waterfeatures surrounded by tile pictures of vintage posters of Staffordshire.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of Princes Harbour from East.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Wimpey dream home.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Bell's Bridge entrance.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival site. General aerial view after clearance.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Coca-Cola Roller Coaster, going upside-down.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Royal Incorporation of Architects Scotland exhibit, in the Science and Technology area.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Morrison Bowmore Distillery exhibit in the Landscape and Scenery section.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of Stirling District Council adventure playground.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the interior of the Four Winds power station - Pullman Bar.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Mediterranean Pavillion.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. View of Princes Harbour from South-East.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Coca-Cola Roller-Coaster.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the 'Motherwell Tree'. A large sculpture in the form of a red metal tree with silver birds in the branches, with further tree-stumps around the base.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of 'The Rendevous' point.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. Elevated view from E-N-E of site and river Clyde.
1988
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Glasgow, Govan, Garden Festival Site Oblique aerial view after clearance.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1989
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Glasgow, Govan, Garden Festival Site, NS56SE 100, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Turin Friendship Garden.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the sheep sculpture, part of the Recreation and Sport exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Children's bells percussion instrument.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Sport and Recreation area, West.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Laing homes exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the British Steel Harbour Bridge.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Baronial events area, by Pritchard's stone-masons.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Renfrew ferry.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Fisher Reid exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of 'Tomorrow's Leisure House', by Beechwood Ltd.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of red metal sculpture, water and maritime.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Pritchard stone mason's exhibit.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of the Gateshead Pavillion.
1988
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Glasgow, Garden Festival. General view of Barclays clock tower.
1988
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First 100 images shown. See the Collections panel (below) for a link to all digital images.
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 100 56 64
For Bell's Bridge (adjacent to N), see NS56NE 4910.
Field Visit (14 May 2016)
On the date of visit the site of Festival Park comprised housing, including six riverside blocks of accommodation rising up to 10 storeys in height and known locally as the ‘Butterfly Blocks’. The early 1990s development occupies part of the site of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, which in turn was built on the site of the General Terminus Quay (Canmore ID 90285).
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 14 May 2015.
