Living Support x MHAW Necropolis Walking Tour
Schedule
Wed May 11 2022 at 02:30 pm to 05:30 pm
Location
Maclay Residences | Glasgow, SC
About this Event
Living Support Glasgow Necropolis Walking Tour
A relaxing and educational walk in Glasgow's Victorian time capsule
Join the Living Support Team as part of Mental Health Awareness Week on a relaxing walk to the Necropolis and learn about the history, archaeology and significance of this Victorian time capsule located in the urban landscape of Glasgow.
Glasgow Necropolis is a place of burial, a cemetery. Its foundation was part of the 19th century ‘Victorian garden cemetery movement’, which can be described by its value towards aesthetics and planning the place of burial with the purpose of creating a place for remembrance. Thanks to this, the Victorian era very quickly started to be associated with elaborate and ostentatious funerals and the architecture of death in itself became a grandeur.
Event details:
Date: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Time: 2:30PM meeting at Maclay Residences (Reception, 9 Cooperage Place)
OR: 3:30PM meeting at Buchanan Street Subway Station (Buchanan Street entrance) if this is easier for you to get to than Maclay
We will walk from Maclay to the subway, take the subway to the city centre (you will be required to purchase your own subway ticket), then walk from there to the Necropolis.
You can either return with us or stay and explore the site or/and Glasgow Cathedral (St. Mungo Cathedral) nearby.
This is a free event open to all University of Glasgow accommodation residents.
Please bring a water bottle and wear sensible clothing and sturdy footwear.
If you have any questions please contact [email protected].
Photo copyright of Arianna Magyaricsova
Where is it happening?
Maclay Residences, 9 Cooperage Place, Glasgow, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00
