On foot

Glasgow: Necropolis to the Green

This route heads downhill from the cathedral through the Necropolis to the old centre at Glasgow Cross, then out along the Saltmarket to Glasgow Green. It follows the city's darker history as much as its ghost stories, so expect gallows sites and epidemics as well as hauntings.

6 stops · about 3.3 km · allow roughly 1 hr 45 min

  1. 1
    Curses & omens
    The 1848 Cholera Epidemic

    Glasgow Necropolis

  2. 2
    Folklore & legend
    St Mungo, the Witch's Son Who Founded Glasgow

    Glasgow Cathedral

  3. 3
    Curses & omens
    The Glasgow Tolbooth Steeple

    Tolbooth Steeple, Glasgow Cross

  4. 4
    Hauntings
    The Tron Theatre Hauntings

    Tron Theatre, Trongate

  5. 5
    Curses & omens
    The Execution of Dr Pritchard

    Saltmarket, opposite Glasgow Green

  6. 6
    Beasts & cryptids
    Jenny wi' the Iron Teeth

    Glasgow Green

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