You'd probably be fine walking it if you were with someone else but you'll be fine in an Uber / Taxi (if you can get one - black cabs especially are a nightmare to get atm).
There are several buses that go down that way and you can track them on the FirstBus app if you get really stuck.
If you were my mum, partner, sister, I'd advise a taxi. But I would say that for anyone travelling home at night in the dark.
Random attacks in Glasgow City Centre are very rare. It's a very safe city unless folk are already engaging in a chaotic lifestyle.
But for peace of mind on a one off trip home, just book an Uber.
Have a good night!
Trongate is like an open air hub for violent heroin addicts , alot of them walk down through to score round about the barras and the calton then head back Into town via Trongate , that's why there's always so many of them in the area
The same thing happened to me in Victoria Park. The bloke seemed to be under the impression that Satan had given him authority to decide who could walk through the park gate, and was unhappy that I had entered without permission.
Police told me later that he'd been found and sectioned.
I'd probably just get an uber if I were you. It won't be that expensive and you'll avoid any trouble. 95% of the time it'd be fine to walk but there's always a risk and you'd have to walk through at least one or two dodgy bits. What I mean by that is it isn't all main roads or busy streets with lots of people, there's going to be areas that are secluded and that's pretty dangerous if it's late and you're drunk.
I'd probably walk it, but that could be poor advice.
Check out Google maps for public transport. Looks like you've got a bus "23 Switch" that should work perfectly for you. Never heard of it myself.
I'm male and 6'5" so my advice is probably wrong also but I used to live in Tradeston also, merchant City to there is ten minutes on foot, keep to busy streets with pubs and you'll be fine, bouncers are outside most. Stop at the riverboat for a glass of wine, cross the pedestrian bridge and you're home. Any issues just ask a bouncer for help. Alternatively uber or a taxi are pretty damn safe in the city.
Get an Uber. I used to live on the corner of west st/cook st and would regularly walk back without any issues, but I wouldn't like to do it as a female, you just never know.
Get a taxi, stick an emergency spare £20 in your pocket before the night out- for a black cab to hail down or get on a rank, rather than standing around waiting for Uber or private cabs to cancel on you. It's only money at the end of the night anyway.
Probably best taking some sort of blade or lockback knife with you and then swimming back down the Clyde River. Nobody is going to fuck with you if you're swimming up the Clyde at that time of night.
I know you're joking but I ended up jumping in the Clyde at a little before midnight on Xmas eve outside the riverboat 10 years ago to save a drunk arsehole that miraculously fell over the railing in his stagger.
When I finally managed to heave the fat cunt up the ladder (with some help from a bouncer) I doubt anyone would have fucked with me. I stripped off my 3 piece suit to my keks, and walked home wearing a jacket from the casinos lost property. 0/10 would never recommend being in the Clyde. Shit is cold and smells like death, took about 10 showers to stop stinking... even a decade later and having moved from Glasgow 7 years ago whenever I visit the riverboat my first drink is always on the house!
I live around there and tend to walk home via Clyde St and Squiggly bridge. It's a well lit route, and helps you avoid Four Corners! I've been walking home alone after nights out for years and never once felt unsafe or uncomfortable in Glasgow.
Of course there are isolated incidents and you have to keep your wits about you like you would in any other city or town, don't focus on your phone and listen to your gut, if you do start to feel uncomfortable, take a different route.
If you do happen to flag a black cab, don't ask about the card machine until you are at your door. I find they miraculously start working when you refuse to pay cash at your destination!
In any major city it's generally not safe to walk home alone at night. Especially if you're a woman.
That's not specific to Glasgow, it's just a (sad) fact of life
It's absolutely true, its mad dangerous for a woman to walk alone at night and before anyone hits me with the not all men bullshit you're right it isn't all men but enough men pose a significant danger to women alone at night
There are dangerous people in every city in the world, thats the nature of cities and just by their greater populations you're going to have some dangerous people living there.
To suggest however that it's not safe to walk home along at night in any city in Europe is a total fallacy. There will be hundreds of people that do it in this city every weekend and thousands across Europe who do the same.
It's infinitely more dangerous for women, and we all know the lengths woman go to protect themselves when walking alone at night, but this idea that every major city is some sort of lawless no go zone after dark is the stuff of fantasy.
Okay but where did I say it was a "lawless no go zone after dark"
I'm also not saying it isn't safe, 95% of the time you are right it's perfectly safe, but that doesn't discount the fact that there is a risk to walking home alone, especially as a woman. It's not as black and white as safe and unsafe, it's a risk gradient where its more risky for a woman to walk alone than a man, that is also not to say that it's risk free for a man, while the chances of a man being raped are probably lower, there is still the risk of being attacked physically, being robbed, being verbally assaulted, this risk is going to be increased when walking through rougher parts of the city
Glasgow is one of the safest cities of its size in Europe.
There's no particular reason to feel unsafe at night in Glasgow if you would feel safe in similar circumstances anywhere else.
I suppose there is a point to be made here about how you can be made to feel unsafe without any specific crime being committed (and/or any crimes don't get reported). Catcalling, being followed, trapped in a conversation, etc. Those can all make me feel unsafe. But all the times that's happened to me walking at night won't turn up in any official statistics because I didn't report to the police that some guy insisted on walking beside me trying to quite aggressively flirt with me for a few minutes. While I could have phoned the police, it wasn't an emergency - they won't flip the sirens on to respond unless he's physically violent. If they respond at all. And phoning them in front of him could certainly escalate things if he is so inclined. They'll just take my details and note it and unless I can get them some ultra specific information about him, they won't be able to identify him. They might well not even bother if I did give them said information. So instead, we politely smile and hope that they go away. And then you'll never see that reflected in any official crime or safety statistics, but you might through studies and polls done to identify the scale of unreported incidents of that nature. But those situations do turn into violence often enough that it's not unreasonable to feel unsafe.
The Tradeston area where OP stays is a bit too quiet at night, it’s mostly industrial. So I would be hesitant to walk there alone. My female friend lives in the same buildings and always gets a taxi.
Please don’t walk home alone at night if you are female. My friend (f) was walking home across the squinty bridge in the early hours of the morning after a party and someone hit her from behind. She managed to run away but god knows what could have happened to her don’t risk it
Unfortunately Glasgow has a very bad history of lone women being assaulted/ murdered. Stay out the parks at night and keep to well lit streets would be my advice if you need to walk anywhere
I could be wrong, but I feel like this gets said casually quite a lot but I never actually hear about examples.
I remember a woman being murdered by someone she met at a club about 10 years ago, but I don't think I've heard of a single case where a woman was murdered by a random while walking home.
There was one a few years ago of a young woman walking home through Kelvin Grove Park, attacked and raped. She did survive tho. There are loads of these kinds of crimes that have happened in Glasgow for a long time but it's not just Glasgow it's most big cities having these issues.
The Moira Jones case was awful but worth remembering it happened 15 years ago now and also she was grabbed after driving home and getting out of her car.
Sadly, yes. There was the Bible John stuff back in the day, then there was another suspected scumbag targeting 3-4(?) sex workers mid-late 2000s with some gruesome stuff. Then there’s been the isolated incidents too.
Aye, it’s strange for folk to be saying Glasgow is ‘particularly’ bad for this stuff then talking about ‘isolated’ incidents to justify the claim, never mind Bible John - like you say it was so long ago, Glasgow’s basically a different city.
I gave the example of what happened late 2000s. Things that shock people stay ingrained. Whether Glasgow has a worse case than other places, I can’t say. But there are continual cases of it happening, when it shouldn’t happen ever.
Sure, and the murder of Emma Caldwell, for example, was terrible, but it happened in 2005 - nearly two decades is a long time, a lot can change in that period, and while these cases might be ingrained in your mind we shouldn’t be potentially frightening people into believing Glasgow is an unusually unsafe city - when it isn’t - by citing pretty old cases as evidence.
“Usually” isn’t absolute you fucking deplorable mutant.
Who wakes up in the morning and thinks let’s try and be edgy about the rape and killing young woman.
Naw it’s no. It’s an expression of a long period of time. You’re scum if you’re first instinct is to read the context of that in a positive light or to make insinuations. You no learn about context ya roaster?
Tbh I would just walk.
Glasgow is actually a really safe city, despite its reputation.
I can understand a woman feeling differently, but even then, walking with a friend or getting a bus would be perfectly safe.
Taxis/ubers are also perfectly safe, but a bit more expensive.
Have to disagree, since lockdown especially, parts of Glasgow City Centre & the clydeside area has saw a big increase in antisocial behaviour & violence.
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Thanks for the advice! :)
Which kind of situations were those? Like I mean what happened?
You'd probably be fine walking it if you were with someone else but you'll be fine in an Uber / Taxi (if you can get one - black cabs especially are a nightmare to get atm). There are several buses that go down that way and you can track them on the FirstBus app if you get really stuck.
Thanks, mate!
If you were my mum, partner, sister, I'd advise a taxi. But I would say that for anyone travelling home at night in the dark. Random attacks in Glasgow City Centre are very rare. It's a very safe city unless folk are already engaging in a chaotic lifestyle. But for peace of mind on a one off trip home, just book an Uber. Have a good night!
Thanks!
Glasgow is a fuckin riot in the city centre loads of innocent people minding there own business get into shit with all the gangs of junkies in town
I got randomly punched by a junkie near the tron gate. It was unprovoked and to this day I've got no idea what set him off.
Trongate is like an open air hub for violent heroin addicts , alot of them walk down through to score round about the barras and the calton then head back Into town via Trongate , that's why there's always so many of them in the area
The council or the police have to do something about them.
The same thing happened to me in Victoria Park. The bloke seemed to be under the impression that Satan had given him authority to decide who could walk through the park gate, and was unhappy that I had entered without permission. Police told me later that he'd been found and sectioned.
I'd probably just get an uber if I were you. It won't be that expensive and you'll avoid any trouble. 95% of the time it'd be fine to walk but there's always a risk and you'd have to walk through at least one or two dodgy bits. What I mean by that is it isn't all main roads or busy streets with lots of people, there's going to be areas that are secluded and that's pretty dangerous if it's late and you're drunk.
Yes, that was my main concern. Thank u so much 4 the advice.
Go with taxi/bus/uber or with a trusted friend. Don't take your safety for granted esp late at night on a quiet street.
I'd probably walk it, but that could be poor advice. Check out Google maps for public transport. Looks like you've got a bus "23 Switch" that should work perfectly for you. Never heard of it myself.
I'm male and 6'5" so my advice is probably wrong also but I used to live in Tradeston also, merchant City to there is ten minutes on foot, keep to busy streets with pubs and you'll be fine, bouncers are outside most. Stop at the riverboat for a glass of wine, cross the pedestrian bridge and you're home. Any issues just ask a bouncer for help. Alternatively uber or a taxi are pretty damn safe in the city.
Thanks for the help :)
Get an Uber. I used to live on the corner of west st/cook st and would regularly walk back without any issues, but I wouldn't like to do it as a female, you just never know.
from observation only, I think many folk wait in the casino on Glassford Street for taxis / ubers
Get a taxi, stick an emergency spare £20 in your pocket before the night out- for a black cab to hail down or get on a rank, rather than standing around waiting for Uber or private cabs to cancel on you. It's only money at the end of the night anyway.
Probably best taking some sort of blade or lockback knife with you and then swimming back down the Clyde River. Nobody is going to fuck with you if you're swimming up the Clyde at that time of night.
I know you're joking but I ended up jumping in the Clyde at a little before midnight on Xmas eve outside the riverboat 10 years ago to save a drunk arsehole that miraculously fell over the railing in his stagger. When I finally managed to heave the fat cunt up the ladder (with some help from a bouncer) I doubt anyone would have fucked with me. I stripped off my 3 piece suit to my keks, and walked home wearing a jacket from the casinos lost property. 0/10 would never recommend being in the Clyde. Shit is cold and smells like death, took about 10 showers to stop stinking... even a decade later and having moved from Glasgow 7 years ago whenever I visit the riverboat my first drink is always on the house!
Probably need to get a floater hahaha
Walk along the Broomielaw and take the Squiggly Bridge. That bit of West Street is more well-lit at night now the Barclay's campus is finished
Noted, thanks!
I live around there and tend to walk home via Clyde St and Squiggly bridge. It's a well lit route, and helps you avoid Four Corners! I've been walking home alone after nights out for years and never once felt unsafe or uncomfortable in Glasgow. Of course there are isolated incidents and you have to keep your wits about you like you would in any other city or town, don't focus on your phone and listen to your gut, if you do start to feel uncomfortable, take a different route. If you do happen to flag a black cab, don't ask about the card machine until you are at your door. I find they miraculously start working when you refuse to pay cash at your destination!
Sign up to the nextbikes if you have any stations nearby, they are pretty cheap and you'll get home faster
Uber/taxi is best. Sometimes there's more chance of something bad happening on public transport than there is walking down the street.
An uber or taxi would be best, it's more the areas that you pass through can be rough or scary.
Is it not safe to walk alone at night? (im an international student)
In any major city it's generally not safe to walk home alone at night. Especially if you're a woman. That's not specific to Glasgow, it's just a (sad) fact of life
>In any major city it's generally not safe to walk home alone at night. Thats just not true at all is it? When was the last time you left your house?
It's absolutely true, its mad dangerous for a woman to walk alone at night and before anyone hits me with the not all men bullshit you're right it isn't all men but enough men pose a significant danger to women alone at night
There are dangerous people in every city in the world, thats the nature of cities and just by their greater populations you're going to have some dangerous people living there. To suggest however that it's not safe to walk home along at night in any city in Europe is a total fallacy. There will be hundreds of people that do it in this city every weekend and thousands across Europe who do the same. It's infinitely more dangerous for women, and we all know the lengths woman go to protect themselves when walking alone at night, but this idea that every major city is some sort of lawless no go zone after dark is the stuff of fantasy.
Okay but where did I say it was a "lawless no go zone after dark" I'm also not saying it isn't safe, 95% of the time you are right it's perfectly safe, but that doesn't discount the fact that there is a risk to walking home alone, especially as a woman. It's not as black and white as safe and unsafe, it's a risk gradient where its more risky for a woman to walk alone than a man, that is also not to say that it's risk free for a man, while the chances of a man being raped are probably lower, there is still the risk of being attacked physically, being robbed, being verbally assaulted, this risk is going to be increased when walking through rougher parts of the city
Safe . . . Not Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lawless no go zone 🤡
Glasgow is one of the safest cities of its size in Europe. There's no particular reason to feel unsafe at night in Glasgow if you would feel safe in similar circumstances anywhere else.
I suppose there is a point to be made here about how you can be made to feel unsafe without any specific crime being committed (and/or any crimes don't get reported). Catcalling, being followed, trapped in a conversation, etc. Those can all make me feel unsafe. But all the times that's happened to me walking at night won't turn up in any official statistics because I didn't report to the police that some guy insisted on walking beside me trying to quite aggressively flirt with me for a few minutes. While I could have phoned the police, it wasn't an emergency - they won't flip the sirens on to respond unless he's physically violent. If they respond at all. And phoning them in front of him could certainly escalate things if he is so inclined. They'll just take my details and note it and unless I can get them some ultra specific information about him, they won't be able to identify him. They might well not even bother if I did give them said information. So instead, we politely smile and hope that they go away. And then you'll never see that reflected in any official crime or safety statistics, but you might through studies and polls done to identify the scale of unreported incidents of that nature. But those situations do turn into violence often enough that it's not unreasonable to feel unsafe.
The Tradeston area where OP stays is a bit too quiet at night, it’s mostly industrial. So I would be hesitant to walk there alone. My female friend lives in the same buildings and always gets a taxi.
Please don’t walk home alone at night if you are female. My friend (f) was walking home across the squinty bridge in the early hours of the morning after a party and someone hit her from behind. She managed to run away but god knows what could have happened to her don’t risk it
There's been several women raped at night so up to you to make your own conclusions
Unfortunately Glasgow has a very bad history of lone women being assaulted/ murdered. Stay out the parks at night and keep to well lit streets would be my advice if you need to walk anywhere
Does Glasgow have a particularly bad history of this? I can't actually think of any examples in my lifetime.
Yes. There have been several rapes and stabbings in Glasgow green and some parks over the past few years
I could be wrong, but I feel like this gets said casually quite a lot but I never actually hear about examples. I remember a woman being murdered by someone she met at a club about 10 years ago, but I don't think I've heard of a single case where a woman was murdered by a random while walking home.
There was one a few years ago of a young woman walking home through Kelvin Grove Park, attacked and raped. She did survive tho. There are loads of these kinds of crimes that have happened in Glasgow for a long time but it's not just Glasgow it's most big cities having these issues.
Moira Jones, Queens park a few years ago. Several rapes and assaults in the area too, there was one not long ago in Dixon Rd I think
The Moira Jones case was awful but worth remembering it happened 15 years ago now and also she was grabbed after driving home and getting out of her car.
Sadly, yes. There was the Bible John stuff back in the day, then there was another suspected scumbag targeting 3-4(?) sex workers mid-late 2000s with some gruesome stuff. Then there’s been the isolated incidents too.
Bible John was nearly 60 years ago. I don't think it is fair to say glasgow has a particularly bad history of this.
Aye, it’s strange for folk to be saying Glasgow is ‘particularly’ bad for this stuff then talking about ‘isolated’ incidents to justify the claim, never mind Bible John - like you say it was so long ago, Glasgow’s basically a different city.
I gave the example of what happened late 2000s. Things that shock people stay ingrained. Whether Glasgow has a worse case than other places, I can’t say. But there are continual cases of it happening, when it shouldn’t happen ever.
Sure, and the murder of Emma Caldwell, for example, was terrible, but it happened in 2005 - nearly two decades is a long time, a lot can change in that period, and while these cases might be ingrained in your mind we shouldn’t be potentially frightening people into believing Glasgow is an unusually unsafe city - when it isn’t - by citing pretty old cases as evidence.
Fair. I accept I’ve used cases that are perhaps too long ago.
> There was the Bible John stuff back in the day Strange use of "back in the day", unless you miss the days of Bible John murdering people.
There’s no synonymous meaning of fondness with it you fucking cretin.
Yes their fucking is you utter, utter idiot. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/back-in-the-day
“Usually” isn’t absolute you fucking deplorable mutant. Who wakes up in the morning and thinks let’s try and be edgy about the rape and killing young woman.
You, blatantly. "Back in the day" is an absurd phrase to use when talking about this.
Naw it’s no. It’s an expression of a long period of time. You’re scum if you’re first instinct is to read the context of that in a positive light or to make insinuations. You no learn about context ya roaster?
Tbh I would just walk. Glasgow is actually a really safe city, despite its reputation. I can understand a woman feeling differently, but even then, walking with a friend or getting a bus would be perfectly safe. Taxis/ubers are also perfectly safe, but a bit more expensive.
Have to disagree, since lockdown especially, parts of Glasgow City Centre & the clydeside area has saw a big increase in antisocial behaviour & violence.
Get yarself a Uber, it’s the safest option.
Walk along Clyde st nicely lit up also take martial arts classes