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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44232
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- 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.
