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Each
September Glasgow plays host to largest mass
participation sporting event in the
country as over 20,000 runners take
part in half marathon, 10k and
junior races. Run, jog or walk your
way to glory in either race as you
pass many of Glasgow’s most iconic
sights and cross the Kingston Bridge
– on foot! The Bank of Scotland
Great Scottish Run is Scotland's
largest mass participation sporting
event and there are a number of
fantastic opportunities for members
of the public to get involved over
the race weekend.
The
old city of Glasgow originally
developed around Glasgow Cathedral
and down the old High Street to the
River Clyde via Glasgow Cross. The
boundaries of Glasgow have changed
on several occasions for political
purposes, with many places that view
themselves as part of Glasgow
falling outwith the Glasgow City
local authority created in 1996. For
further information on what places
are within the city council area and
those that lie outwith but are
included in other definitions of
Glasgow. The city centre is bounded
by the High Street to the east, the
River Clyde to the south and the M8
motorway to the west and north which
was built through the Townhead,
Charing Cross, Cowcaddens and
Anderston areas in the 1960s.
Glasgow's West End refers to the
bohemian district of cafés, tea
rooms, bars, boutiques, upmarket
hotels, clubs and restaurants in the
hinterland of Kelvingrove Park, the
University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Botanic Gardens and the Scottish
Exhibition and Conference Centre,
especially on the area's main
thoroughfare, Byres Road, and on
Ashton Lane. The area is popular
with tourists, and contains many
hotels, including the prestigious
One Devonshire Gardens, which has
accommodated a number of celebrity
guests on visits to the city. The
West End includes residential areas
of Hillhead, Dowanhill, Kelvingrove,
Kelvinside, Hyndland, and, to an
increasing extent, Partick. The name
is increasingly being used to refer
to any area to the west of Charing
Cross. This includes areas such as
Scotstoun, Jordanhill, Kelvindale
and Anniesland.
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