Your Guide to Accessible Glasgow
Accessible Public Transport
Getting around Glasgow in your wheelchair using accessible bus or taxi
Accessible Attractions
The accessible facilities available at the most popular attractions in Glasgow
DIY Walking Tours For All
Accessible DIY Walking Tours in central Glasgow
The Most-Popular Accessible Attractions in Glasgow
#1. Accessible Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery Glasgow
- Accessible Parking
- Accessible Building
- Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
- Accessible Restaurant & Cafe
ALL public areas & exhibitions at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in Glasgow are wheelchair accessible (using the wheelchair accessible public lifts where needed).
Admission to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum is free of charge.
BUT.
The museum is actually run by a charity – which relies on the continued generous support of the many friends, donors and volunteers who enable them to care for the museum collections, offer visitors an inspirational experience and provide exceptional education services for thousands of people each year.
So, when you see a “donation” box during your visit, please make a donation. You can also donate online.
#2. Accessible Glasgow Clydeside Distillery
- Accessible Parking
- Accessible Distillery Building
- Accessible Whisky Distillery Tour
- Accessible Toilets
- Accessible Cafe
There are two doors at the main entrance to the Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow. One is a revolving door, but there is another, push-button, door which is wheelchair accessible.
Carers are admitted to the distillery tour free of charge.
Part of the distillery tour at the Clydeside Distillery is on the 1st floor. However, a wheelchair accessible lift is available here (the lift can carry one wheelchair user plus 2 other adults). A second wheelchair accessible lift brings you back down to Ground Level at the end of the tour. This lift is slightly smaller, but can still easily hold a seated wheelchair user and one companion.
With the exception of the Tasting Room (where the Clydeside Distillery tour ends), all floors are hard. However, the floor in the Tasting Room is carpeted. This carpet is fairly hard/solid though – and is next-to-no obstacle to wheelchair users.
#3. Accessible Glasgow Riverside Museum
- Accessible Museum Building
- Accessible Toilets
- Accessible Cafe
- Accessible Parking
The Riverside Museum in Glasgow is the first purpose-built museum, created by Glasgow Life, of the 21st century. Located at the junction of the River Kelvin and the River Clyde, it houses the city’s fabulous transport and technology collections, which have been gathered over the centuries and which reflect the important part Glasgow has played in the world through its contributions to heavy industries like shipbuilding, train manufacturing and engineering.
As with all public museums in Glasgow, admission to the Riverside Museum is free. However, the museum is actually run by a charity – which relies on the continued generous support of the many friends, donors and volunteers who enable them to care for the transport museum collections, offer visitors an inspirational experience and provide exceptional education services for thousands of people each year.
So, when you see a donation box during your visit, please make a donation. You can also donate online.
#4. Accessible Glasgow Science Centre
- Accessible Parking
- Step-Free Access
- Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
- Accessible Cafe
Aimed at younger visitors, the Glasgow Science Centre is one of the “must-see” visitor attractions in Scotland.
Showcasing science and technology in unique and inspiring ways. Experiences include the Science Mall, Glasgow Tower, the Planetarium and an IMAX Cineworld theatre.
The gleaming three-storey titanium crescent building of the Glasgow Science Centre overlooks the River Clyde in central Glasgow – three floors packed with hundreds of interactive exhibits that will fascinate and intrigue the most curious of minds. The Science Mall also plays host to interactive workshops, plus the Science Show Theatre, the Lab and the state-of-the-art Planetarium.
Although the main building is set over four floors, wheelchair accessible lifts mean that all floors in the Glasgow Science Centre are wheelchair accessible.
There are also dedicated wheelchair spaces in each of the auditoriums: IMAX (4 spaces), Science Show Theatre (6 spaces), Auditorium (4 spaces), and the Planetarium (6 spaces).
One carer is admitted free of charge.
#5. Accessible Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA)
- Accessible Lift to all floors
- Wheelchair Accessible Toilet
- Accessible Cafe
- Blue Badge Parking Nearby
When looking at a photograph or video of GoMA (the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art), it’s hard to believe that the building is actually wheelchair accessible – as it’s on a stepped platform; and then there are more steps leading up to the actual entrance to the building (and there are no wheelchair ramps to be seen as an alternative wheelchair accessible way in).
However, those wheelchair ramps ARE there (they’re just very cleverly hidden from view – so that there is no detrimental effect on the aesthetics of the building’s appearance.
The Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art most-definitely IS wheelchair accessible though.
Accessible DIY Walking Tours in central Glasgow
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