Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District

A black and white images of Sauchiehall Street.

Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District is a bold 10-year plan to renew Sauchiehall Street. With funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund UK-wide Heritage Places programme, and in partnership with Glasgow City Council, this initial discovery phase is working with cultural organisations, businesses and communities to celebrate the past and plan for the future by:

 

Uncovering its roots: examining the stories that shaped Sauchiehall Street’s history. 


Animating the streets: hosting events and activities that bring people together. 


Renewing its charm: revitalising historic buildings to sustain our communities.

 

Sauchiehall Street is the spine of the project, bookended by the Mitchell Library and The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The project also takes in the adjacent streets: Bath Street and Renfrew Street, as well as the Garnethill community. 


Activities as part of this phase will run until June 2025, setting the stage for a long-term revival of the area.

Highlights & Upcoming

Explore our interactive heritage map, find out about our full programme in our project space, or upcoming activities here.

  • Soft City Exhibition

    Join us on Saturday 15 March for the opening celebration of the Soft City exhibition.

    A picture of a person weaving on a loom in a busy and colourful room of people taking part in craft activities.

  • Interactive Heritage Map

    Explore the social and cultural history of Sauchiehall Street through the decades.

  • Project Space

    Come & chat with our project team to have your say on the future of Sauchiehall Street.

    An image of a pink poster in a high-street window. The poster says 'people make Sauchiehall Street' in capital letters and white text.
A black and white image of the old ABC cinema on Sauchiehall Street, from street view. Image courtesy of Glasgow City Archives

Uncovering Sauchiehall Street

Uncovering focuses on bringing the area's intangible heritage to life. Artists and researchers are working to capture the history which lives in the memories and stories of the community.

More here
Garnetbank Public School: exterior (children at drill), 1916. Image courtesy of Glasgow City Archives

Animating Sauchiehall Street

Working with cultural organisations, this strand of programme focuses on public cultural activities which create moments of collective joy and animate the street.

More here
A black and white image of people lining in a queue for the bus on Sauchiehall Street from 1958

Renewing Sauchiehall Street

Working closely with Glasgow City Council, we will identify future ambitions and new uses for heritage buildings on the street, looking towards their renewal.

More here

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Groups of people sitting down at tables look at a PowerPoint screen during a workshop at the Centre for Contemporary Arts on Sauchiehall Street.

Project Context

Find out more about National Lottery Heritage Fund's new UK-wide Heritage Places programme, the context behind our discovery phase project, and what comes next.

Read more here

We want to hear from communities, organisations and people who would like to contribute to the development of Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District.

Have your say by getting in touch at: amcv@glasgowlife.org.uk

Header image used with the kind permission of the Herald and Glasgow Times. 

Archive images are courtesy of the City Archives at Mitchell Library.