Today marks the launch of the Govan Kid’s Heritage Trail.

What better a way to do it than to show off the brand-new Govan Kids Trail map, designed by children from Pirie Park Primary?

Glasgow City Heritage Trust has been working with more than one hundred children from Pirie Park Primary and the Govan Youth Information Project to design the trail.

For the first time, the public were able to see the map designed by Prairie Park Primary pupils.

The Map shows an illustrated Govan, designed to encourage children and young people to better understand the history that surrounds them. In keeping with its historical edge, the map also lists the historical status of listed buildings, statues and memorials.

From Govan Old Church, the Aitken Memorial Fountain and the Mary Barbour Statue, all is represented through the children’s drawings on the map. Those following the trail will be introduced by the children’s artwork right from the get-go.

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Alongside these vital features of the Govan landscape are drawings of other buildings on the trail including the Pearce Institute, from where the map was launched.

Known locally as the PI, the Pearce Institute is one of the most important buildings in Govan.

Designed by Sir Rowand Anderson and completed in 1906, the Institute was gifted to the working men and women of Govan by Lady Pearce in memory of her late husband, Sir William Pearce, under whose guidance Fairfield Shipyards became the biggest in the world. Today it is still part of Govan’s cultural fabric.

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Glasgow City Heritage Trust is an independent charity and grant funder, and through their grant programmes they enable projects which promote the understanding, appreciation and conservation of Glasgow’s historic built environment. Joined by the Lord Provost Eva Bolander, today’s launch is only a hint of what delights are to be found in the Govan Kids’ Trail.