Editing Glasgow (section)

===West End===
[[File:Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum - exterior.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]] is Glasgow's premier museum and art gallery, housing one of Europe's best civic art collections.]]

Glasgow's West End grew firstly to and around [[Blythswood Square]] and [[Garnethill]], extending then to [[Park District, Glasgow|Woodlands Hill]] and [[Woodlands, Glasgow|Great Western Road]]. It is a district of elegant townhouses and tenements with 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]], focused especially on the area's main thoroughfares of Argyle Street ([[Finnieston]]), Great Western Road and [[Byres Road]]. The area is popular with tourists and students. The West End includes residential areas of [[Hillhead]], [[Dowanhill]], [[Kelvingrove Park|Kelvingrove]], [[Kelvinside]], [[Hyndland]], [[Broomhill, Glasgow|Broomhill]], [[Scotstoun]], [[Jordanhill]], [[Kelvindale]], [[Anniesland]]
and [[Partick]]. The name is also increasingly being used to refer to any area to the west of [[Charing Cross, Glasgow|Charing Cross]]. The West End is bisected by the [[River Kelvin]], which flows from the [[Campsie Fells]] in the north and confluences with the River Clyde at Yorkhill Quay.

The spire of [[George Gilbert Scott|Sir George Gilbert Scott]]'s [[University of Glasgow|Glasgow University]] main building (the second largest [[Gothic Revival]] building in Great Britain) is a major landmark, and can be seen from miles around, sitting atop Gilmorehill. The university itself is the fourth oldest in the [[English-speaking world]]. Much of the city's student population is based in the West End, adding to its cultural vibrancy. The area is also home to the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]], [[Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery]], [[Kelvin Hall]] museums and research facilities, stores, and community sport. Adjacent to the Kelvin Hall was the [[Glasgow Museum of Transport|Museum of Transport]], which reopened in 2010 after moving to a new location on a former dockland site at [[Glasgow Harbour]] where the River Kelvin flows into the Clyde. The new building is built to a design by [[Zaha Hadid]]. The [[West End Festival]], one of Glasgow's largest festivals, is held annually in June.

Glasgow is the home of the [[Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre|SEC Centre]], Great Britain's largest exhibition and conference centre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conferences-uk.org.uk/Glasgow.asp?venue=Scottish%20Exhibition%20and%20Conference%20Centre |title=Glasgow Conferences Venues UK |publisher=Conferences-uk.org.uk |date=17 July 1995 |access-date=12 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111093547/http://www.conferences-uk.org.uk/Glasgow.asp?venue=Scottish%20Exhibition%20and%20Conference%20Centre |archive-date=11 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.secc.co.uk/ |title=The home of the Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre |publisher=SECC |access-date=12 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907095647/http://www.secc.co.uk/ |archive-date=7 September 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.venuefinder.com/venues/scottish_exhibition_+_conference_centre/V8654/meeting-rooms/ |title=Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513101220/http://www.venuefinder.com/venues/scottish_exhibition_+_conference_centre/V8654/meeting-rooms/ |archive-date= 13 May 2011}}</ref> On 30 September 2013, a major expansion of the SECC facilities at the former Queen's Dock by [[Foster and Partners]] officially opened – the 13,000-seat [[The Hydro|Hydro]] arena. Adjacent to the SECC at Queen's Dock is the [[Clydeside distillery]], a [[Scotch whisky]] [[distillery]] that opened in 2017 in the former dock pump house.<ref name="WorldBook">{{cite book |last=Ridley |first=Neil |title=The World of Whisky |date=2019 |publisher=Pavilion |isbn=978-1911624639}}</ref>