I made a pretty substantial discovery the other day. Interested? Well, then let me continue. I…read morediscovered that the Cambridge Street Car Park (which is the one just about opposite Cowcaddens Subway Station) does a special offer on parking from 6pm to 6am. No matter how long you stay in the carpark between the two times - there's a simple flat fee of £1.50. Bargain? Bargain! That means that if you're off into town for the Cinema or the like, it's actually a LOT cheaper to drive in than it is to get the Subway or the bus. Especially if there's more than one of you. Plus, Cambridge Street carpark is brightly lit and secure - if you want to get into the building as a pedestrian you have to swipe a valid carparking ticket. It's also never busy, which means you'll always be able to get a space on the ground floor within about ten paces from the pay station. Ah, my nightly cinema trips will never be the same......

A non-stop thrill ride of almost indescribable magnitude, the orgasmic Cambridge Street Car Park is…read morewithout doubt Glasgow's biggest adrenalin rush, and a must for tourists and locals alike. The smooth, black tarmac, the bold white lines, the striking breezeblock architecture, and not forgetting the glistening pay-and-display machines, I think I need a lie down.... It's just a car park, but probably the cheapest one in the city centre, so I suppose I like it.

You may wonder why I am writing a review about a West End car park - I mean surely the West End has…read moretons of more interesting and funky happening places going on, eh? Well, yes it does. Indeed, it does. However, sometimes in order to get to these funky happening places you need to park your car. Being a mainly public transport or walking type of girl, this is something which ordinarily doesn't occur to me. Yet, on entering a course last week I was shocked that when someone asked me about the nearest car park I really had to think about it. Furthermore, I could not for the life of me explain where it was (I am truly terrible at giving directions). And so, I decided this was a necessary review. This car park is fairly big (in West End standards) and is located just behind the Marks and Spencers off of Byres Road and Ashton Lane. From this, you'll realise how handy it is for the buzz of Byres Road and 'The Lane'. It's a Glagsow City Council Car Park so prices are average (I think) andit's very cheap for an all day ticket on Sundays. Perfect, for a spot of West End Sunday shopping and eating. Meanwhile, it tends to be quieter than the other car park which is more easily noticeable from Byres Road so there's always a good chance that you'll find a space or that one will quickly become available.

This is a pretty handy car park for visiting Byres Road/Ashton Lane, and I used to park here all…read morethe time. That was, until my drive shaft snapped and my car rolled down the hill into a pole. Now I kind of have the fear about parking here. Good things: - Cheap - Handy for Byres Road/Ashton Lane - Open 24 hours Not so good: - Could do with resurfacing - On a bit of a hill - Tough to get a spot If you're lucky, you might be able to get a spot on Byres Road which is free. So try there first!

I found this quite by accident one evening when my husband and I drove into Glasgow to go to the…read moretheatre. It's a perfect car park if you want to access Sauchiehall Street it's not far to Buchanan Galleries or the Royal Concert Hall, just a few blocks' walk. It's a clean, well looked after, multi-story with 377 spaces and open 24/7, so you don't have to worry about getting back late after a show and finding the gate closed!! One hour costs £1.30 and it goes up around £2 an hour after that 5 hours is £8.50. Sunday all day is just £4.

Bit of a convoluted system here, the electronic sign down the road says spaces available but as…read moresoon as you've gone up the ramp and can't turn round it says car park full? Sat for twenty minutes in a queue on a ramp waiting for the one car out one car in system to work it's magic when the car starts making a rattling sound. Turns out the pothole at the beginning of the ramp has done a bit of reorganising to parts of the engine which will now need to be looked at. Take care here. Otherwise, decent enough price for 2 hours (£3.50) and a central location for shopping and eating in town.

A lot of people HATE this car park, but you know, I feel just a-ok about it. It's handy for…read morevisiting Clarkston Toll where there isn't amazing parking nearby, and yeh, it's paid for BUT it's actually really cheap. 50p for 2 hours is good value and for me, I'm normally visiting for a meal or some shopping and don't need to stay longer than that. It's easy to get to - it's up a ramp by the train station, and because the locals seem to hate it, it's never full. There's foot-exits at either end and meters, so it works out pretty well. Just be careful as it can be narrow for parking when it's busy. When you pay at the meter you need to enter your registration and put it on your dash, which I think is excessive. But I guess they're watching you on CCTV so it makes their lives easier. We once parked here and Graeme got our registration wrong, but thankfully they never fined us so obviously there's a human in there somewhere. All up, this is a pretty good car park for Clarkston Toll. If you're looking for other options, there's also parking at Clarkston Halls and on nearby streets. Be careful parking on the main road as there's often wardens out.

I first parked at Shields Road by accident, I'd gotten myself lost in the confusing streets of…read moreTradeston and couldn't find Bridge Street. I now prefer Shields Road, so it all worked out well in the end. It's easy to get to off the M8 or M77, so is very handy if you're coming from the south or east. It's located opposite the beautiful Scotland Street School which is always nice to look at early in the morning! There is a multi storey carpark as well as an outdoor parking area, meaning there is always lots of parking spaces no matter what time of day you arrive. I always just park in the outdoor area as I hate the monotony of driving up and down levels trying to find a spot. From the outside carpark it is maybe a 3 minute walk to the underground which even on a wet weather day is bearable (with a brolly). The station itself is small and simple. One platform, inner circle on the left, outer on the right and trains come about every 5 minutes so you're not waiting long. From Shields Road it's 8 minutes to Buchanan Street, or 6 minutes to St Enoch (my two main stations). For car parking and a return underground ticket you'll pay £5 which I think is great value, especially now that onstreet parking in the city centre has gone up again. I often take advantage of The Fish People shop when returning to my car to pick up some fresh fish for dinner that night, which is very handy. I can't think of what Shields Road would need to get this to be a 5 star review, I guess I'm just not that passionate about public transport. Fun fact: I was petrified of the underground for at least a year.

Park and Ride! (£5 all day parking inc return subway ticket)…read more For years I've either caught the train or driven the hour to north Glasgow on the M77/M8. I've often wondered about Shields Road Park and Ride subway station, but until this week never had the opportunity to check it out. Well blow me down if this isn't the best way to get into the city centre without all the hassle of fighting my way through that last few miles of gridlock, or trying to find an affordable parking space. I used the facility late morning/midweek. There were plenty of parking bays available outside the station, and probably plenty in the multi-storey car park too. It was quite a straightforward procedure. I took a ticket at the barrier on my way in, parked, then showed it to the lady at the subway ticket booth. Five pounds was handed over in return for a return subway ticket and the parking ticket which would get me out through the barrier on my return. Worked a treat, and really suited my travel plans. Its opposite the Scotland Street School Museum so I managed to get a little photo opportunity to boot. Win win!

How has no one reviewed this yet?! So I've been to Emirates a few time now and seen the basketball…read moretwice (Go Rocks) as well as cycling at the velodrome. I know there's more to Emirates than that, but I feel like I've properly experienced sporting events here and the arena. And wow, it is amazing. It's new, shiny, clean and pretty industrial looking but without an unpleasant cold feeling to it. The events I've been to here are well organised, there are always lots of staff around who are friendly and helpful. On our most recent visit we got a Clyde souvenir for my nephew back in Australia from the gift shop, the guy working there was really friendly and had good chat. I didn't even mind that they don't have card facilities here yet (it's been open at least 6 months) so you get your card put through the old-school manual machines. It made me laugh to be honest, I did feel sorry for him though as he seemed a bit embarrassed. The velodrome has great seating and is a brilliant place to watch cycling - a sport I previously had no interest in whatsoever, but we thought we'd head along to check it out. The basketball is also really good and has great facilities for disabled seating, you still get a really great view even though you're at the back on the top level. The food and drink is reasonably priced too, not like most other sporting events you go to. I can't wait for the Commonwealth Games and will be vying for tickets to as many events as possible, especially here at the Emirates. I noticed when we were leaving the cycling that they had buses to take people back into town. I have no idea if these are free, but they must be quite handy as Emirates could be difficult to get to otherwise (unless by car). Looking at the website, there is also a Glasgow Life gym here and a spa. It pretty much has everything ... apart from card facilities and a cash machine!

I go to the Emirates on a Monday to do a shabam class (dance fitness class) the arena is on the…read moreother side of the city from where I live but the teacher who takes the class is crazy and total keeps you going. The centre is big spacious and modern. Lots of changing rooms and plenty of access for disabled people. I was also lucky enough to get tickets to the velodrome during the commonwealth games (where we saw sir Chris Hoy, I couldn't take my eyes of his thighs ) I was warned before going about the extreme temperatures and wore light clothing and took a fan, which was much needed. It was an amazing experience, I didn't have a clue of the rules but it was exhilarating to watch and believe me the New Zealand team in lycra was an added treat.. Would highly recommend.

If I'm parking in this area I pretty much always park at King Street car park which is about 5…read moreminutes walk away, but yesterday I was short on time so parked here. It's a multi storey car park and is very clean and spacious but the price way more expensive than King Street so I just can't give it more than 3 star. For parking 7 hours here it was £12.50 (OUCH) whereas King Street is just under £6. There's lifts, disabled access and easy-to-use pay stations. Still, way too pricey.

It's a very clean garage. Well lit. I have never found it…read morevery full. Not very expensive. They have an issue with the main payment machine on the albion street entrance, which takes only credit card or exact change. And versus street parking cost, it's not very expensive.

One star, by default. By default, I hear you ask? When I visited yesterday (for the first time) I…read morediscovered there's actually barely any shops in Shawlands Arcade so I couldn't award it more stars even if I wanted to. It's like those urban adventuring photos you see online of abandoned shopping centres, overgrown with plants - although I'll concede this isn't actually overgrown with plants. I'd actually been quite intrigued by Shawlands Arcade and had even researched it online to see what shops were here. The info on their website is well out of date as I discovered that most shops are empty inside the arcade. So what is there? As at December 2014 there's Farmfoods, a picture framing store with an incredibly creepy moving mannequin out the front (not sure if he's meant to be santa or a wizard), a bargain store (notably called "The Bargain Store"), a Debra charity shop and the Kiosk. The rest of the shops lay empty and give the whole arcade an incredibly dismal, depressing vibe. Would I return here? No, honestly not. Perhaps one day someone with a bit of a vision will take over the arcade and turn it into a delightful shopping centre with lovely local shops, with tasty treats and an interesting bookshop. For now, it's really not worth visiting. In happier news, I believe the car park is quite cheap, especially now parking prices on Kilmarnock Road have gone up. Update: someone tweeted me to mention there is an Art Village in one of the shops, but it's closed on a Monday so look like I'll have to go back to check that out.

The Arcade has been a controversial presence in Shawlands for a few years: it has had a high…read moreturnover of shops and the lacklustre building makes it something of an eyesore. Yet it seems to be perking up: The bookstore reopened, the supermarket is still busy and the cafe is one of the few places where an outside meal doesn't mean wet food and cold fingers. It is starting to become a little bit of a centre for Shawlands: a local church uses it for "healing prayer" on Saturday mornings, and the Christmas market is increasingly popular. It is heavy on the charity shops, and has one odd addition: the carpets and calendar store. The overall feel is slightly rundown and tired, and the combination of pound stores and local businesses is unique: it has never really become the super-mall of its ambitions. Moves are constantly afoot to regenerate the arcade: it has the advantage of being covered which, during the Glasgow winter, makes it the place to escape the bitter cold.

I like this car park the prices are ok however it is so disappointing that they still shut at 9pm I…read morego to many things in the Glasgow Concert Hall which finish at 10pm or out for dinner or cinema it is after 10pm that I need. I use CSCar Park but it is very pricey and in bad repair would love it if this car park opened back up till 11pm or longer like it use to. I feel they are deffo losing out on money

The closing times for the carpark need to be updated. Tells me here carpark is open till 23:30 when…read morereally it closes at 9pm our car got locked in carpark all night had to get train home then train back in this morning to pick car up and to top it off should have cost £2.50 for parking but cost us £26

DO NOT PARK HERE! I…read morewas here for 15minutes trying to pay 60p for parking. The machines were all broken and I left. months later I receive a fine for £60 with 2 days to appeal. I appealed by special delivery which Gemini received! weeks later I get a debt collection letter for £170. what an absolute con!! I will never come back to this shopping centre ever again!

Rutherglen Shopping Centre is barely a shopping centre. Instead it is a run down collection of…read morecheap shops which happen to be under the same roof. Bang in the centre of Rutherglen, it proves just how tired this town is these days. I imagine the people who live here who have a bit more money do their shopping outside the area.