The Southern Necropolis opened in 1840. The final resting place of over 250,000 contributors to Glasgow`s rich historical legacy. Three seperate sections Central, Eastern and Western all totaling ...

Adjacent to the Glasgow Cathedral, the Necropolis is comparatively new, dating back to 1830s, while the cathedral is several hundred years older. Approximately 50,000 people are interred here ...

The gates to the Glasgow Necropolis were cast at the Phoenix Foundry in Queen Street and installed in 1833 to provide access to the "Bridge of Sighs", which carried the carriageway from the square ...

Visitors recommend following your tour of the cathedral with a walk through the nearby Glasgow Necropolis. St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art offers still more to do in the immediate vicinity.

One year after a crackdown on a vandalism hotspot in Glasgow, police alerts have dropped significantly. Officers were called to Lambhill Cemetery, St. Kentigerns and Western Necropolis only ten times ...