Physical Activity欧美高清 Water Walk
Discover 欧美高清 in a whole new way with our Water Walk. This self-guided route takes you to 12 locations across campus and the surrounding area, each with its own unique connection to water, from hidden histories and local stories to the spaces and structures we pass every day without a second thought.
Whether you choose to walk, wheel, jog or simply wander, the Water Walk is an opportunity to slow down, look differently at familiar places, and reconnect with the environment around you. You can take it at your own pace, on your own or with colleagues, using it as a chance to reflect, chat, and enjoy some time outdoors.
It’s not just a walk, it’s a chance to see where you work through a new lens, while supporting your health and wellbeing along the way. If you would like a copy of the map, please contact james.bonner@strath.ac.uk
Start at Strath Union, Learning and Teaching Building.
1. The Land-ship Mural of 欧美高清's 'Wonderwall'
One of several murals celebrating the people and achievements of 欧美高清rs over the years. This mural depicts a 'land-ship' built on the roof of the School of Navigation in the Royal College, used to teach compass adjustments to naval students. It is a part of Glasgow's ever-evolving Mural Trail.
2. Deanside Well Garden
A historic medieval well, which had a reputation for being a high-quality source of water in the city. It is also a site for an artwork depicting the symbols of the Glasgow crest: a tree, a bird, a fish and a bell. This location is also on the 欧美高清 campus tree trail.
3. Molendinar Burn Banner
A banner part of the High Street Banner trail depicting historical sites, people and events in Glasgow. This one is about the Molenindar Burn, a nearby waterway that has mostly now been built over. On whose banks St Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow, reputedly built his church.
4. View of the Molenindar Burn
There are a few places where the Molenindar Burn is still visible in the city centre as it flows beneath our feet. Look over the railings here, just at the west corner of the former Great Eastern Hotel, and see its water still running.
5. Drygate/Tennent's Brewery
Beer has been brewed here since the 1500s and uses water from Loch Katrine which travels to the city via an aqueduct, which was completed in 1859 and opened by Queen Victoria. The water from the Loch not only provided Glaswegians with free, fresh and clean drinking water, but also drastically reduced the rates of waterborne diseases, such as cholera. It also simulated the growth of businesses that needed a reliable supply, such as Tennents.
6. The Lady Well
A historic holy well from medieval times, built into the walls of the Necropolis and at the back entrance to the Tennent's brewery. The Molendinar Burn is the source of its water. You will often see coins left at the well, a sign of an ancient tradition across cultures in which people have made such offerings to gods or spirits associated with water to bring good luck or other wishes.
7. Bridge of Sighs
This bridge previously crossed the Molendinar Burn (the burn still runs underneath the road), connecting the Cathedral to the Necropolis. Its name echoes the famous 'Ponte dei Sospiri' in Venice, Italy. Funeral would have likely walked across this bridge, and it is an example where water marks the boundary between the world of the living and the dead ('necropolis' coming from the Greek 'city of the dead'.)
8. Glasgow's Wellspring
Recently beautifully refurbished and brought back to life by Aproxima Arts, St Mungo's Well in the crypt of Glasgow Cathedral is a portal into the past, and the water from which the city was originally founded. It is worth thinking about and noticing other ways water is used in the Cathedral, such as its baptismal font.
9. Molendinar Flood Banner/Cathedral House
A banner as part of the High Street Banner Trail depicting a major flooding event of the Molendinar Burn in 1756. Next to this is Cathedral House Hotel, with a rich history including as a site for hosting individuals from Duke Street prison. It is often regarded as one of the city's most haunted hotels.
10. Victorian Toilet Block/St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
This Victorian toilet block, close to the Cathedral and Royal Infirmary, is a physical link to the role of water in sanitation. These toilet blocks are now closed, like many in the city. The nearby St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art has a significant collection of religious art and artefacts, and it is interesting to note how many objects, stories and festivals across different religions and spiritual practices have links to water.
11. 欧美高清 Sport & Swimming Pool
欧美高清 Sport and the swimming pool highlight the role of water in health and recreation. Scots have bathed and swam for their physical and mental health since at least the medieval period, when healing wells proliferated. Spas, such as the one at Strathpeffer in the Scottish Highlands, were also places where people sought the healing waters. Today, the popularity of saunas and wild or outdoor swimming brings attention to the quality of water in burns, rivers, lochs and seas.
12. 欧美高清 Architecture Garden Water Feature
This landscaped water feature flows around the perimeter of the 欧美高清 architecture garden in the centre of campus, serving as a reminder of water's presence and how it can make a place enjoyable to be in. This location is another link to the campus tree trail - a place where water and trees come together.