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Access Guide

We've put together a list of all of the open buildings and events that are fully physically accessible for visitors who are wheelchair users or who have reduced mobility / mobility access requirements. Extended accessibility information, along with booking information can be found in individual listings, click the venue or event name to be taken to the main listing.

If you have any queries about accessibility please don't hesitate to get in touch. 
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Image: Neil Thomas Douglas

**Booking Required/Recommended

Fully Accessible Buildings

Central

The Briggait
Mon – Fri 9.30am-5.30pm 
Centre for Contemporary Arts
Mon-Thu: 10am - 12am, Fri-Sat: 10am - 1am,  Sun: 12pm - 12am
The Garment Factory HUB
Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-5pm
Garnethill Synagogue
Sun 10am-4pm
Glasgow Central Mosque
Sat-Sun 11am-5pm, Tours: 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm; 45 mins
Glasgow City Chambers
Sun 10am-4pm
Riverside Campus, City of Glasgow College**
Tours: Every hour; Tue & Thu 5pm-9pm, Sun 10am-5pm; 60 mins**
City Campus, City of Glasgow College**
Tours:​ Every hour Tue 5pm-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm; 45 mins**
The National Piping Centre
Fri & Sat 12pm; 60 mins

North

Lambhill Stables
Fri 10am-4pm & Sat 10am-3.30pm
Maryhill Burgh Halls
Mon-Sun 10am-4pm 
Saint Charles Borromeo RC Church
Sat 10am-4pm

East

Bell Street Stables** NEW
Tues & Thu 1pm; 30 mins**
Bridgeton Bus Garage
Sat-Sun 12pm-5pm
Civic Room NEW
Wed, Sat & Sun, 1pm – 6pm
Dear Green Coffee Roasters**
Sat, 10am; 120 mins**
Glasgow Women's Library
Mon-Wed & Fri 9.30am-5pm, Thu 9.30am-7.30pm, Sat-Sun 12pm-4pm
Page/Park Architects NEW
Sat, Every hour 12pm – 3pm;  40-45 mins

South

Castlemilk Stables
Sat 11am – 4pm Tours: Every hour 11am – 3pm; 30 mins
​The Category is Books
Wed – Sun 11am – 6pm
Glasgow Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib Sikh Sabha**
​Tours: Sat & Sun, Every hour 10am – 3pm; 45 mins**
Glendale Women's Cafe
Tue & Sat, 9am - 5pm
Hampden Bowling Club
Fri & Sun 10am-3.00pm
Hampden Park**
Mon – Fri every hour 10.15am – 3.15pm, Sat 10.15am & 11.15am, Sun every hour 11.15am-3.15pm; 45 – 60 mins.**
Holmwood House
​Sat-Sun 12pm-5pm (last admission 4.30pm)
House for an Art Lover
Fri-Sun 9am-12.30pm
Tours: 9.30am & 11.15am; 45 mins
Newlands South Church
Sat 10am-4pm
Pollokshields Church of Scotland
Sat 10am – 4pm
Queen's Park Govanhill Church
Sat 10am – 4pm
South Rotunda** NEW
Tours: Sat 12pm, 1.15pm & 2.30pm; 35-40 mins**
St Margaret's Episcopal Church
​Fri – Sun 10am – 5pm
STV**
Tours Sat, Every hour 10am – 3pm; 30 mins**

West

Anniesland Court**
Sat & Sun every 45 mins 10am-2.30pm**
The Back Garden
Open but Unmanned: Mon - Fri 9am - 3pm.  Open and Staffed: Mon - Tue 3pm-5pm, Wed 3pm - 7pm, Thu - Fri 1pm - 4pm, Sat 12pm - 5pm,  Sun 1pm - 4pm.
Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Fri & Sat 10am – 4pm Tours: On request; 15-30 mins
East Park
Sat & Sun 9am – 5pm; 30 mins
Fossil Grove
12pm – 4pm Tours: On request; 30 mins
​Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre NEW
Sat 10am-4pm
Kelvin Hall**
Tours: Sat 10am, 12pm, 2pm & 4pm; 60 mins**
Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church
Sat-Sun 10am-5pm
Tours available on request, but not before 11am on Saturday and 12pm on Sunday; 20-30 minutes
The Old Pumphouse, Clydeside Distillery**
Tours: Mon-Wed 10am; 80 minutes**
The Pyramid
​Sat & Sun 10am-4pm
Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre
Sat & Sun 10am-4pm Tours: 11.40am, 1.40pm, 3.40pm (after each show); 40 mins
SWG3**
Tours: On the hour Tue-Fri 11am-2pm; 40 minutes**
Woodlands Workspace
​Sat 12pm – 4pm, Sun 10am – 4pm

Fully Accessible Walks

Barras Sights & Sounds
Sat 21st & Sun 22nd Every hour 10am-3pm
60 minutes 
Dumbreck & Hazelwood Heritage Walk
Sun 22th, 11.30am; 60-90 minutes
East End Women's Heritage Walk led by Glasgow Women's Library
Sun 22nd, 2pm; 120 minutes
Fairy Footsteps: A Glasgow LGBT History
Sun 22nd, 12pm; 180 mins
Glasgow in Print**
Tue 17th & Thu 19th, 10:30am; 90 mins**
Home Front Walk; Glasgow Buildings in Wartime 1939-1945**
Mon 16th-Sun 22nd 10.30am, 2pm, 7.30pm; 90 mins**
River Kelvin Bridges
Sat 21st & Sun 22nd, 2pm; 90 mins
Meander with the Happy Reaper
Sat 21st & Sun 22nd, 12pm; 120 mins
Old Kinning Park and Plantation
Sat 21st, 11am, 90 mins
Scottish Football History Walk**
Sat 21st, 3pm; 90 mins**
SENSEcity- Augmented Reality Walk
Mon 16th-Sun 22nd, 10am-5pm
​Slavery, Abolition and Glasgow's Built Heritage**
Sat 21st, 12pm; 90 mins**
Steam and Steel: the origins of shipbuilding on the Upper Clyde**
​Wed 18th, Fri 20th, Sun 22nd, 11am; 60-90 mins**
​Tales of the George Square Statues**
Mon 16th, 2pm; 60 mins**
​The Evolution of Glasgow: Origins and Enlightenment**
Sun 22nd, 11am; 120 mins**
West End Walking Tour**
​Sat 21st, 11am; 90 mins**
Whose Footsteps? Mapping Glasgow's Imperial Past in Kelvingrove**
Sat 21st, 2pm, 120 mins**

Fully Accessible Events

Please note: all events held at our festival hub are fully wheelchair accessible.
TALK: The Radical 1820 War
Sun 22nd, 2pm; 60 mins
TALK: A Place for the Work and the Human Being**
Thu 19th, 6pm; 120 mins**
EXHIBITION - Barrowland Ballads
Mon 16th-Sun 22nd, 10am-5pm
​WORKSHOP - Building a Ship! - Fairfield Heritage 
Sat 21st, 10am-4pm
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WORKSHOP - Building Crafts at the Lighthouse
Sat 21st, 10am-4pm
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EVENT - Film Screening and Shipbuilding Museum Tour
Mon 16th-Fri 20th & Sun 22nd, 2pm; 60 mins
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TOUR - Furniture on Film**
Tues 17th & Wed 18th, 2pm, 45 mins**
EXHIBITION - Glasgow Motorway Archive
Mon 16th -Thu 19th 9am-8pm; Fri 20th & Sat 21st 9am-5pm
TALK - Glasgow Motorway Archive**
Thu 19th, 6:30pm & Sat 21st, 3pm; 60 mins**
WORKSHOP - Hands-on Heritage Crafts at the Lighthouse
Sat 21st, 10am-4pm
TOUR - Kelvin Hall Behind-The-Scenes**
Sat 21st, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm; 60 mins**
​TALK - The Merchant Navy During WW2 - The Tall Ship
Thu 19th, 2pm; 45 mins
EVENT - Workshops, Tours and Activities at Castlemilk Stables
Sat 21st, 11am-4pm

Pop-Up Festival Hub

We're taking over The Garment Factory for a whole week! 
Please see the festival hub page for full accessibility and events listings. The following talks will also have live captioning:
Football is the Ballet of the Masses
​Mon 16th, 6.30pm-7.30pm
​Giving the Platform Back - Meet the team behind Claiming Back the Narrative
Tues 17th, 6pm-7.30pm
​Avenues and Lanes
​Weds 18th, 1.30pm-2.30pm
30 years of Glasgow Doors Open Days
​Weds 18th, 3pm-4pm
Behind the Prize: In Conversation with GIA Student Award Winners 2019
Weds 18th, 6.30pm-8pm
Revisiting the Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry
​Thurs 19th, 12pm-1pm
Postcards from the Edge
​Thurs 19th, 6.30pm-7.30pm
Whose Footsteps? Mapping Glasgow's Imperial Past in Kelvingrove
​Fri 20th, 12pm-1pm
Stride with Pride: Mapping Glasgow's LGBTQ History
Fri 20th, 1.30pm-2.30pm
Glasgow's Industrial Potteries: Creating a Sense of Place
Fri 20th, 3pm-4pm
Glasgow's Interwar Queer Underworld
Sat 21st, 2pm-3pm

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