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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	Whoever designed the layout of these buildings was tripping on acid. The general rule given by the council is that building numbers ascend in the direction heading away from the Tolbooth Tower at Glasgow Cross; eg: No.1 Trongate will be at the easternmost end and No1. Gallowgate will be at the westernmost end. So, for the Harbour, the lower numbers are the easternmost ones or the ones nearest the city centre. All the addresses with "Terrace" are the buildings looking onto the road and all the ones with "quay" are the buildings looking onto the water, but there are no access doors on the waterfront itself. If it's a "quay" address it's accessed via the middle pedestrianised sections. The lowest of these are a pain in the arse as they are accessed by the same corner close doors as the lowest "terraces", and you also need to get buzzed in twice; once through the corner access close and once again into the actual building. The higher numbers are a little easier as you can access the middle pedestrian bit on foot to get right up to the building you need. There are a couple of sneaky "terrace" addresses that are hard to find. Most of the "terraces" are accessed on the front at the road, but a couple are accessed from the rear. The "hack" to the harbour (as well as much of the city centre because of the 1-way system) is just memory. After doing it a bunch of times you will start to just know what ones are what.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/kpvqiv/glasgow_harbour_hack/gi1nfyl/
Created	Mon 4th Jan 2021 6:50am
Status	normal ()

Whoever designed the layout of these buildings was tripping on acid.

The general rule given by the council is that building numbers ascend in the direction heading away from the Tolbooth Tower at Glasgow Cross; eg: No.1 Trongate will be at the easternmost end and No1. Gallowgate will be at the westernmost end.

So, for the Harbour, the lower numbers are the easternmost ones or the ones nearest the city centre.

All the addresses with "Terrace" are the buildings looking onto the road and all the ones with "quay" are the buildings looking onto the water, but there are no access doors on the waterfront itself. If it's a "quay" address it's accessed via the middle pedestrianised sections. The lowest of these are a pain in the arse as they are accessed by the same corner close doors as the lowest "terraces", and you also need to get buzzed in twice; once through the corner access close and once again into the actual building.

The higher numbers are a little easier as you can access the middle pedestrian bit on foot to get right up to the building you need.

There are a couple of sneaky "terrace" addresses that are hard to find. Most of the "terraces" are accessed on the front at the road, but a couple are accessed from the rear.

The "hack" to the harbour (as well as much of the city centre because of the 1-way system) is just memory. After doing it a bunch of times you will start to just know what ones are what.