Restless Natives: Women of the East End Heritage Walk

This event is now sold out. Our summer programme of walks in East End, West End, Necropolis, Garnethill and Merchant City are now available for bookings. See more walks here.

Restless Natives is a cross-platform multi-venue cultural festival championing independent purveyors of music, film, food, drink, business and numerous other fields within Scotland. It entails seven solid days of high quality cultural events in the East End of Glasgow, and we are lucky enough to be part of it.

Our Women of the East End heritage walk takes place for the festival on Sunday 15th May 2016 at 2pm.

The women of the East End have always had to be industrious and resourceful simply to survive. Our walking tour focuses on some of their achievements and struggles, and the radical nature of the area which gave birth to them. Find out about the women of the Templeton factory, the suffragettes, the brazen women of Glasgow Green, Battling Betty, the woman who set up the Barras and many, many more! The tour includes a stop at Glasgow Women’s Library, a space dedicated to remembering such women and their achievements.

Booking

This event is now sold out. Our summer programme of walks in East End, West End, Necropolis, Garnethill and Merchant City are now available for bookings. See more walks here.

This event is open to all. Tickets must be booked in advance. We are able to offer spaces on this walk at a special Restless Natives price of £7 per ticket. Select the number of tickets you want to book below, or come in to the Library to book.

We offer subsidised places at £6 for students, people on a low income, unemployed or those in receipt of benefit and Friends of GWL. Children 15 and under can attend the walks for free but must be accompanied by an adult. If you are eligible for a subsidised place select the subsidised ticket below, or come in to the Library to book.

All places must be paid for in advance as tour guides are not able to handle money on the day of the walk. Start point for the walk will be given in a confirmation email approximately 1 week prior to the walk and we will confirm once payment is received. Please check your spam or junk email folders if you have not received this in your inbox. Also, please note that the library is closed on a Saturday and Sunday so last minute bookings cannot be taken and messages will not be picked up until the Monday morning.

We ask that you do not bring dogs (or other pets) other than guide dogs along on the walks. Contact us if you are unsure about anything, we are happy to answer any questions.

Should you need to cancel a booking for any reason please see our Women’s Heritage Walks Cancellation Policy.

Check out our full programme of Women Make History events here, including more walks, a heritage bike ride, reading events and more.