Overview

Glasgow is known as the 'Dear Green Place,' with Kelvingrove being one of its many parks. Around the river Kelvin, in the West end of the city, this is a lovely big park. Today I visited on a rainy, dreich (miserable), March afternoon, so it wasn't looking at its best. Some spectacular puddles though, rivaling the river itself!

Transport & Parking

In the city centre, there are various transport options. The nearest underground is Kelvin subway station (on Byres Road), about a 5 minute walk away. The nearest train station is Patrick, about a 15-20 minute walk away. There are lots of buses in Glasgow,and even the tourist hop-on hop-on bus stops around here. Kelvingrove Park does not have a carpark of its own. There is street parking available in the surrounding streets - at times this can be very busy. If you don't have a blue-badge, most parking is pay and display.

Access

Much of the park is pretty accessible; with wide, smooth, paved paths. There are various entrances from streets at different sides of the park, all the ones I went to had flat entrances on one level - no steps. The park is big, and you can select the routes best for you. You can get from one end to the other by staying on a pretty flat path, however there are paths going towards the centre of the park which are on a steep hill. I think these would be difficult to negotiate in a manual wheelchair. There are various areas of the park - including a great skatepark (plenty of ramps in there!!) and a children's playground. The playground did not have any accessible play facilities. There are benches to sit on scattered through the park. There are maps on boards at the entrances to the park (though perhaps sometimes difficult to get close to in a wheelchair, and to be able to read properly), and signposts in the park.

Toilets

On the map it indicates that there is an accessible toilet in the park. I did not use this so cannot comment further. However, you are also very near to Kelvingrove Museum, which has several accessible toilets.

Staff

N/A - it is a public park and not staffed

Anything else you wish to tell us?

Don't let the weather in my pictures put you off!! It is a lovely park, last time I visited was in the summer (for Mela Festival), it was hot, sunny and all the flowers were in bloom. The park is used as a venue for events and festivals at times through the year. Visit the surrounding area while you are there - you are right next door to Kelvingrove Museum

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