Glasgow bridges on Clyde

I explored all Glasgow bridges on Clyde yesterday. What a long walk! It took me two and half hours. There are 19 bridges altogether. Some of them are not accessible for pedestrians.

1 Millennium Bridge

2 Bell’s Bridge

3 Clyde Arc

4 Kingston Bridge (motorway, not accessible for pedestrians)

5 IFSD Tradeston Footbridge

6 George the Fifth Bridge

7 Caledonian Railway Bridge (not accessible for pedestrians)

8 Glasgow Bridge, known locally as the Jamaica bridge owing to it being at the foot of Jamaica Street.

9 South Portland Street Suspension Bridge (1853), the oldest surviving bridge in Glasgow.

10 Victoria Bridge (1854)

11 City Union Railway Bridge (not accessible for pedestrians)

12 Albert Bridge (Crown St)

13 Tidal Weir and Pipe Bridge (not accessible for pedestrians)

14 St Andrew’s Suspension Bridge (1856)

15 King’s Bridge

16 Polmadie Bridge

17 Rutherglen Bridge (B763)

18 Dalmarnock Railway Bridge (not accessible for pedestrians)

19 Dalmarnock Bridge (Dalmarnock Rd)

It is recommended to walk along the river at Northside, because at Southside the path along the river was blocked at many places. The Clyde walkway is at the north side of the river.

The top 6 oldest universities in the UK

1) University of Oxford was the first university to be established in the UK and also the oldest university in the English-speaking world. The University's oldest colleges were established by the 13th century.

2) University of Cambridge - It is one of the world's oldest universities and leading academic centres.

3) University of St Andrews - It is Scotland's first university and the third oldest in the English-speaking world, founded in 1413. 

4) University of Glasgow - Founded in 1451, it is the fourth oldest university in the UK.

5) University of Aberdeen - Founded in 1495. Aberdeen physicists and clinicians were first in the world to scan a patient's body using MRI.

6) University of Edinburgh - Founded in 1583, it is the sixth oldest university in Britain.

5 Higher subjects

English

Mathematics

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

Scottish education system

Level          Age 

Primary 1   4 - 5

Primary 2   5 - 6

Primary 3   6 - 7

Primary 4   7 - 8

Primary 5   8 - 9

Primary 6   9 - 10

Primary 7   10 - 11  

S1 (First Year)      11 - 12

S2 (Second Year) 12 - 13

S3 (Third Year) 13 - 14

S4 (Fourth Year) 14 - 15

S5 (Fifth Year)       15 - 16 Higher

S6 (Sixth Year) 16 - 17   Advanced Higher

After completing S5, students can usually go to Scottish universities. English universities may require students to study to Advanced Higher level (S6), given that the Higher is equivalent to AS-level on the UCAS tariff. As Scottish university courses traditionally have a duration of 4 years, the loss of one year's schooling is compensated by an additional university year. 

UK City Population

London 7.2 Million

Birmingham 992000

Leeds 720000

Glasgow 560000

Sheffield 512000

Bradford 467000

Edinburgh 450000

Liverpool 440000

Manchester 420000

Bristol 380000

Wakefield 316000

Cardiff 310000

Coventry 305000

Nottingham 285000

Leicester 280000

Sunderland 280000

Belfast 280000

Newcastle upon Tyne 259000

Brighton 248000

Hull 240000

Plymouth 240000

Stoke-on-Trent 239000

Wolverhampton 239000

Derby 230000

Swansea 225000

Southampton 220000

Salford 215000

Aberdeen 215000

Westminster 190000

Portsmouth 186000

York 182000

Peterborough 157000

Dundee 145000

Lancaster 135000

Oxford 135000

Newport 135000

Preston 130000

St Albans 130000

Norwich 125000

Chester 118000

Cambridge 115000

Salisbury 115000

Exeter 111000

Gloucester 110000

Lisburn 110000

Chichester 108000

Winchester 108000

Londonderry 105000

Carlisle 101000

Worcester 93000

Bath 90000

Durham 87000

Lincoln 86000

Hereford 55000

Armagh 55000

Inverness 51000

Stirling 45000

Canterbury 42500

Lichfield 30000

Newry 30000

Ripon 24500

Bangor 20000

Truro 19000

Ely 14000

Wells 10000

St Davids 2000

Tower blocks built in 60s in Glasgow

They are built in 60s, in a cluster of three tower blocks of 20-21 storeys, usually owned by Housing associations.

• The three tower blocks on Edmiston Drive, Ibrox. Crime was a problem on the estate. People called them "junkie dens". They have being demolished since I moved to Glasgow in 2010. I used to pass these towers every time I went to Asda.

• Between Govan and Ibrox at Glasgow south side, there are three tower blocks in Iona Court, off Broomloan Road. They are 20-storey tower blocks: 31 Iona Court, 45 Iona Court, and 59 Iona Court. 

• Glenavon Road has three 21 storey tower blocks between Gilsochill and Maryhill in north west Glasgow.