Charing Cross | |
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![]() Charing Cross Mansions, one of the city's oldest and grandest red sandstone tenements, built in 1891 | |
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Glasgow, Scotland | |
Coordinates | 55°52′01″N 4°16′16″W / 55.86685°N 4.27113°W |
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Maintained by | Glasgow City Council |
Charing Cross is a major road junction and area within the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated north of the River Clyde at the intersection of Sauchiehall Street, St George's Road, Woodlands Road, North Street and Newton Street,[1] as well as being at a major interchange of the M8 motorway, which runs beneath in a subterranean cutting. Charing Cross marks the notional boundary between the City Centre and the West End of the city.
Charing Cross borders Woodlands to the west, Anderston to the south, Woodside to the north, and Garnethill to the east.