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Queen's Park (Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc na Banrìghinn, Scots: Queen's Pairk) is a park situated on the south side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, between Strathbungo, Shawlands, Battlefield, Mount Florida, and Crosshill The 60-hectare (148-acre) park lies about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) south of the city centre, [1] and gives its name to a nearby railway station and several other local ...
Gibson was a prominent bank architect at a time when joint-stock banking was an innovation. His 1847 National Bank of Scotland branch in Glasgow led to perhaps his best-known work, the former National Provincial Bank in Bishopsgate, London, designed in 1862. [3] It was listed Grade I in 1950 [4] and is now known as Gibson Hall.
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow – 2,500 Venue Cymru , Llandudno – 2,500 (Arena); 1,450 (Theatre Auditorium) Planet Ice Milton Keynes Arena , Milton Keynes – 2,500
The SEC Centre also has its own railway station, Exhibition Centre, on the Argyle Line of Glasgow's suburban railway network. The 16 storey Forum Hotel (now part of the Crowne Plaza chain) was opened on the site in 1989. [9] In September 1996, a new 5,095 m 2 (54,840 sq ft) exhibition hall, Hall 3, was opened. [10]
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 was marked by the opening of a garden for blind people. This park was chosen because of its proximity to the Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind college for blind and visually impaired children and adults on Court Oak Road; the college was renamed the Queen Alexandra Technical College for the ...
Queen's Park station is now protected as a category B listed building. [4] In 2011, part of the station was converted to house Queen's Park Railway Club, a contemporary art space. [5] In 2018 through 2019, over 750,000 passenger journeys were recorded going to or coming from Queen’s Park Station. [5]
Camphill Queen's Park Baptist Church is a 19th-century church building in the south-side of Glasgow, immediately opposite Queen's Park. It was built in the French Gothic style, on designs by William Leiper. The church hall was built in 1873, while the church was completed by 8 October 1876. The octagonal church spire was completed in 1883. [1]
The seventh hall of the NEC complex, a multi-purpose indoor arena named the Birmingham International Arena (currently branded BP Pulse Live), opened in December 1980. [9] Plaque commemorating the opening of the "second phase of development" in 1989. On 23 March 1989, Queen Elizabeth II opened three new halls. [10]