[1] Exit left from Charing Cross station. Turn almost immediately right into Elmbank Gardens, after a few metres turn right again onto Newton Street (which runs parallel to the motorway on your left). Cross Bath Street junction, then take the next left onto Sauchiehall Street, and over the motorway. Beware busy road junction, cross with care.
Once clear of the junction note the Charing Cross Mansions across the road.
(A) Charing Cross Mansions, designed by John James Burnet and completed in 1891; the city's first and arguably grandest red sandstone tenement
After the junction with North Street see the Cameron Memorial Fountain on the opposite side of the road.
(B) Sir Charles Cameron Memorial Drinking Fountain and Clock is claimed by Glaswegians to have been the original Leaning Tower of Pisa! It dates from 1896 and was designed by R A Bryden of Clarke & Bell in collaboration with Doulton's Mr Lightbody.
[2] Continue along Sauchiehall Street, turn first left onto Granville Street. Continue along Granville Street, crossing Berkeley Street.
Pass the Mitchell Library/Theatre.
(C) Mitchell Library and Theatre is the biggest reference library in Western Europe (Toilets available Mon-Sat) - look up to see the Theatre entrance.
Turn right onto Kent Road. Continue to the end of Kent Road, passing an open area on the left. The road becomes a footpath only by the playground on the left and becomes a road again by the Glasgow Gaelic School on the right.
[3] At the Junction with Argyle Street take a sharp left onto Argyle Street and continue ahead to the pedestrian crossing lights. Cross Argyle Street and bear right onto Minerva Street, signposted to Exhibition Station and SECC.
(D) The SECC is Scotland's largest exhibition centre.
Note the closed Victorian underground toilets in the middle of the road.
Bear left at the junction of St Vincent Crescent, staying on Minerva Street. Finnieston Crane will be in front of you in the distance.
(E) Finnieston crane - a crane and landmark in Glasgow, Scotland. It is now disused but is retained as a symbol of the city's engineering heritage.
Continue to Exhibition Station and cross Minerva street into the red pedestrian/cycleway tunnel, by the station.
Walk on the right side of the tunnel, (avoiding the cycleway),
The tunnel zig zags over the motorway to the SECC. Exiting the tunnel, continue bearing slightly left between the SECC on the right and the Scottish National Arena on the left. Keeping the Armadillo on the right, follow the path through the gap in the bushes to join the Clyde River walkway.
(F) The Clyde Auditorium, familiarly known as "The Armadillo", is a concert venue in Glasgow. The building sits on the site of the now infilled Queen's Dock on the River Clyde.
Note Bells Bridge and the redeveloped site of the Glasgow Garden Festival to the right
[4] Turn left onto the Clyde River walkway, following the Cycleway signs, keeping the river on the right. Beware cyclists on shared path. Pass the Finnieston crane on the right.
(G) Note the Rotunda/Clyde Tunnel ahead and across the river - The North Rotunda (part of the defunct Clyde Harbour Tunnel) stands next to the crane.
Follow the cycleway/footpath along the river, initially on the pavement by the road. Continue straight across the junction with the Finnieston Road and the Clyde Arc (known locally as The Squinty bridge) (H). Continue along the pavement initially, then at the block of flats bear right to the river front walkway.
[5] At the end of the block of flats bear left away from the river, back to the pavement.
Note the Odeon sign on the opposite bank of the river to identify where to bear left.
Cross Lancefield Quay Road, turn right along it, take 2nd left onto Cheapside Street. See the sign for the Bilsland Bakery on the left.
(I) The Bilslands Bakery was once one of Glasgow's many flourishing bakeries and was run by the Bilsland Brothers' from 1865 before finally going out of business in 1985.
(J) Reflect on the derelict ground caused by the Cheapside fire, one of Britain's worst peacetime fire services disasters when 16 firemen lost their lives. 1 million gallons of whisky & rum fed a blaze that lasted for a week
Continue along Cheapside Street, turn right onto Piccadilly Street. Almost immediately cross the road and take the footpath forking left. Keep bearing left onto the footbridge on the left (marked cycleway 756), crossing the motorway. At the end of the bridge, turn very sharp right onto the footpath. Cross the cut off remains of Argyle Street and continue on footpath. Turn left onto North Street, keeping the motorway on the right. Continue along North Street, crossing William Street, St Vincent Terrace, St Vincent Street and Kent Road,
[6] Pass the Mitchell Library again on the left.
At the junction with Berkeley Street, turn right, cross North Street at the pedestrian lights, cross over the motorway.
(K) Note City Office Space building over the motorway on your left. This was a landmark for many years, now an empty building over the motorway.
At the junction with Newton Street, cross the road at the pedestrian lights and turn right. Continue along Newton Street keeping the motorway on the right. Take the first left into Elmbank Gardens. Charing Cross Station is immediately on the left.