Accessibility

Mobility information on routes

Most of our tours are on the streets of Glasgow, meaning the tours themselves suffer from the same accessibility issues as the wider city.

Most routes are on city pavements and can include steep hills. Some tours include back lanes which are more uneven cobbled surfaces. Dropped kerbs can be blocked by parked cars and other obstacles.

There are generally few opportunities for seated stops along our routes; where possible we build stops around available seating but this is a wider issue of provision and sometimes there can be long stretches of walking between seats.

Access to public toilets varies across the tours, most pass by a toilet at some point but again (as discussed on tours) the lack of public toilets is a result of council cuts and closures which disproportionately affect disabled people, carers and parents.

Specific routes

When booking tickets via Eventbrite each tour page has an accessibility section which gives specific information on the terrain of that route (steep hills, uneven surfaces etc).

If you would like to see a detailed route map of a tour that is open for booking please get in touch via the contact form at the bottom of this page. We sometimes revise and change routes so this is only available for “live” tours, or if you are making a private booking.

Low walking tours

Our George Square tour was designed specifically for people with energy or mobility impairments and will be back when the square reopens. We are currently working on a replacement tour with minimal walking.

We also have some self-led tours which can be done in sections, at your own pace:

The Glasgow You’ve Never Seen – This tour, created by a group of refugees from Iran, Sudan, and Ukraine, explores histories of refugee lives, arts and cultures in Glasgow through the buildings and landmarks of the city centre.

Tastes of Govanhill – Take yourself on a sound walk around Govanhill, exploring refugee histories, food cultures and the built environment. At each stop, listen to audio of the conversations, recommendations and insights of the community historians of Milk Glasgow.

BSL

We have previously worked with Scottish Civic Trust and British Deaf Association Scotland to run a tour with BSL interpretation. If you are a BSL user and fancy coming on a tour please drop us a line, we’d love to run more of these tours but would be keen to organise them well in advance in order to properly promote them to a wide audience.

Masking

Our tours are outdoors and we do not require attendees to wear a mask.

Radical history is for everyone

This page is a work in progress as we work to improve access to our tours and to wider radical histories in Glasgow. All accessibility queries help us improve future tours, we hope this page can answer some common questions but if you have any suggestions, questions or if there is any further information that would be helpful for access please get in touch.