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Market · Glasgow
Buchanan Street
- Visit duration
- 1 hour Editorial visit time estimate
About Buchanan Street
Buchanan Street is one of Glasgow's main shopping thoroughfares and forms the central stretch of the city's shopping district, with a generally more upmarket range of shops than neighbouring Argyle Street and Sauchiehall Street. About 0.8 km long, it is now entirely pedestrianised. The street was first feued in 1777 and named after Andrew Buchanan, a wealthy Tobacco Lord, plantation owner and former Lord Provost of Glasgow.
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What's inside
Where the street meets Argyle Street stand the Argyll Arcade, opened in 1827 with sixty-three shops and now the oldest Victorian shopping centre in Britain, and the award-winning Princes Square indoor mall. The northern end has the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, opened in 1990, the adjoining Buchanan Galleries mall, opened in 1999, and a statue of the late First Minister Donald Dewar, the only statue on the street. The green glass entrance of Buchanan Street subway station sits midway.
Checked 2026-11-10 · Source
Common questions
Is Buchanan Street pedestrianised?
Yes, the whole street is pedestrianised, but the cross streets St Vincent Street, George Street and Bath Street are not.
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