River Kelvin

The River Kelvin, in the background you can see the Kelvingrove Art Gallery

The River Kelvin is beside the Clyde Glasgow's second river. It rises north-east of Glasgow in Kilsyth and ends after 33.5 kilometers in Partick in the River Clyde. Along the river course there are several well-known attractions of the western part of the city of Glasgow, including the Botanical Gardens, the University of Glasgow, Kelvingrove Park and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

River fauna

The Kelvin provides habitat for the common squirrels, magpies, the gray heron, the cormorant, the blue tit, great tit, the chaffinch, blackbird, redwing, the carrion crow, the kingfisher, the Mallard, the common merganser, the red fox and the brown rat. In the river there are brown trout, the stock of salmon and sea trout has increased.

Bridges over the River Kelvin

In Glasgow, several bridges cross the River Kelvin. The largest is the Great Western Bridge on Great Western Road in the West End district. Below this bridge is the metro station Kelvin Bridge. This name is also used for the whole area. Other bridges are the Partick Bridge in Dumbarton, the bridge at Queen Margaret Drive and some in Kelvingrove Park.

Others

The well-known physicist William Thomson in 1892, was appointed 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. The designation of the temperature unit Kelvin, named after its inventor, Lord Kelvin, can therefore be derived from this river.