Duke Street is a major street in Glasgow, Scotland, and is of the major road arteries connecting the City Centre to the East End. It begins at High Street and runs east through the residential districts of Ladywell and Dennistoun, and on towards Haghill and Parkhead, meeting the Gallowgate, Tollcross Road and Westmuir Street to form a turreted Edwardian junction at Parkhead Cross. It takes its name from the Duke of Montrose. At a total distance of 2 miles (3.2km), Duke Street is the longest designated street in Glasgow.
Former Duke Street Hospital
Boundary wall of High Street Goods Yard, 2008
The Drygate high-rise estate, built in 1962 in the Ladywell area
High Street is the oldest, and one of the most historically significant, streets in Glasgow, Scotland. Originally the city's main street in medieval times, it formed a direct north–south artery between the Cathedral of St. Mungo in the north, to Glasgow Cross and the banks of the River Clyde. The High Street now stops at Glasgow Cross, with the southern continuation being the Saltmarket. High Street forms the notional boundary between the city centre to the west, and Dennistoun and Calton to the east.
Victorian tenements located at the northern end of the street. A mural depicting a "modern-day St. Mungo" can be seen.
Model of the original University of Glasgow buildings on display at the Hunterian Museum
The steeple of the old Tolbooth stands at the southern end of the street.
