Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District

A black and white images of Sauchiehall Street.

Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District is the development of a bold 10-year plan to renew Sauchiehall Street. With funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund UK-wide Heritage Places programme, and in partnership with Glasgow City Council, we completed an Exploration phase programme working with cultural organisations, businesses and communities to celebrate the past and plan for the future by:

 

Uncovering its roots: examining the stories that shaped Sauchiehall Street’s history. 


Animating the streets: hosting events and activities that bring people together. 


Renewing its charm: revitalising historic buildings to sustain our communities.

 

Sauchiehall Street is the spine of the project, bookended by the Mitchell Library and The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The project also takes in the adjacent streets: Bath Street and Renfrew Street, as well as the Garnethill community. 

In 2026, if successful in our next stage of funding, we will deliver a Proof-of-Concept phase. This will be a two-year programme of work to test out ideas and new, collaborative ways of working with cultural organisations, businesses and communities.

Uncovering Sauchiehall Street

Uncovering focuses on bringing the area's intangible heritage to life. We invite artists, researchers and community groups to capture the social history and stories of the people who live, work and visit Sauchiehall Street

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Animating Sauchiehall Street

Working with cultural organisations, this strand of programme focuses on public heritage-led outdoor events, which create moments of collective joy and celebration; a reason to gather, and animate the street.

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Renewing Sauchiehall Street

Working closely with Glasgow City Council and stakeholders, we are identifying future ambitions and new uses for heritage buildings on the street, looking towards their renewal.

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Groups of people sitting down at tables look at a PowerPoint screen during a workshop at the Centre for Contemporary Arts on Sauchiehall Street.

Project Context

Find out more about National Lottery Heritage Fund's new UK-wide Heritage Places programme, the context behind our Exploration phase project, and what comes next.

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LOOK AGAIN artwork in the window's of the Old M&S building on Sauchiehall Street ‘24 Things to Tell You’ by Craig McCorquodale and Molly Jack, photo by Brian Hartley

Exploration Phase evaluation

Read the external evaluation by CG Research for our Exploration phase programme here.

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We want to hear from communities, organisations and people who would like to contribute to the development of Sauchiehall Street: Culture and Heritage District.

Have your say by getting in touch at: amcv@glasgowlife.org.uk

Header image used with the kind permission of the Herald and Glasgow Times. 

Archive images are courtesy of the City Archives at Mitchell Library.