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Sauchiehall Street
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Sauchiehall Street looking eastwards from carpark location
Former name(s)Sauchie-haugh Road[1]
Sandyford Street (western section, until 1900s)
TypeCommercial/Transport
Maintained byGlasgow City Council
Transport Scotland
Length2.5 km (1.6 mi)
11.7º from east-west
LocationGlasgow
Postal codeG2 3 / G3 7
Nearest Glasgow Subway stationBuchanan Street subway station
Other
Known forBuchanan Galleries, Cameron Memorial Fountain, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, St Andrew House, Glasgow, Cineworld, Glasgow, Willow Tearooms, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Beresford Hotel, King's Theatre, Glasgow, The Garage, Glasgow

Sauchiehall Street (/ˌsɔːkɪˈhɔːl, ˌsɒkɪ-, ˈsɔːkɪhɔːl, ˈsɒkɪ-/)[2] is one of the main shopping streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland, along with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street.

Although commonly associated with the city centre, Sauchiehall Street is over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length. At its central west end is Charing Cross, followed by the Category-A listed crescents and terraces which lead up to Park Circus, finally meeting Argyle Street in the West End in front of Kelvingrove Park and the Kelvingrove Museum, where they merge to form Dumbarton Road, continuing through Partick.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference glashist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.

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