Glasgow Private Dark Side Walking Tour

Do you want to discover a darker side of Glasgow? You’re in the right place! Explore Glasgow the way you want to, spend quality time with a local, and get a real taste of our beautiful city. With flexible meetings and endpoints, and a dedicated local guide, maximize your time in Glasgow on a private tour.
A city well-known for its turbulent past, Glasgow has a lot of secrets. Built by industry, shaped by its working class, and run by gangs operating out of ice cream vans. This 1.5-hour tour with a local guide will take you on a walk in the darker side of Glasgow’s history - some centuries ago, some decades, and some still happening in the city today.

From unsolved murders to tales of notorious inmates and Glasgow’s foundations as a city built on the back of slavery, this tour will bring our dark past into light as you discover a different side to this iconic city.

Meeting Point

Glasgow Cathedral

Castle St, Glasgow G4 0QZ, UK

Meet outside the main entrance to The Cathedral

What's included:

• Dedicated local, private guide!

What to expect:

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Glasgow Cathedral

Castle Street, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, G4 0QZ

Learn the dark past of Glasgow Cathedral

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

The Necropolis

2 Castle Street, , Glasgow, G4 0UZ

Discover the haunted history of The Necropolis and those laid to rest here

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Friends Of Glasgow Royal Infirmary Museum

84 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0SF

Learn about the ghosts who haunt Glasgow Royal Infirmary

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

St. Mungo at High Street

287 High Street, Glasgow, G4 0QS

Discover Glasgow's tenements on High Street, and the people who inhabited them

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

City Chambers

82 George Square, , Glasgow, G2 1DU

Learn about Glasgow's slave trade connections, and how the city has taken steps to eradicate this dark past

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Blackfriars

Merchant City 36 Bell Street, , Glasgow, G1 1LG

Here the dark history of the Blackfriars area will be revealed

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Tolbooth Steeple

Glasgow Green, Glasgow, G1 5QA

Learn about Glasgow's grisly prison, The Tolbooth and the punishments suffered here

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Trongate

Trongate, Glasgow G1, UK

Learn about the Trongate's dark past

10 minutes

Glasgow Green

Greendyke Street, Glasgow Green Play Area, Glasgow, G1 5DB

Finish in Glasgow Green, at the McLennan Arch for a spine-chilling finish

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included