Walking tours in Glasgow: top 5 favourite city murals

This beautiful piece, painted by Smug, is on Ingram Street in the Merchant City. It shows the variety of wildlife in Glasgow, including birds, deer, foxes, squirrels, and our very favourite, the Highland cow! It's a great reminder of all the wonderful creatures and wildlife that make their home in the green spaces and parks of the city. This is the final stop on our Street Art tour because we like to finish with a banger (and a badger!).

We couldn't talk about Glasgow's murals without mentioning at least one of the Billy Connolly ones! Three murals were created around the city to celebrate The Big Yin's 75th birthday and to recognise his impact on Glasgow and the comedy world. We've chosen the one on the Gallowgate, heading towards the east end, designed by artist Rachel Maclean and entitled The Big Yin. It has a few hidden messages linking to some of his most famous jokes. See which ones you know and come on a tour to have a laugh as we reveal the full jokes. What a tribute to a Glasgow hero!

Another piece by Smug (sorry he's just amazing!) is this beautiful mural showing a mother cradling her baby. You might have worked out from the title, St Enoch and Child, that this mural is directly linked to Glasgow's own birth story. It is a modern-day imagining of St Enoch with her baby St Mungo (Glasgow's founder and Patron Saint).

It is on George Street on the opposite end of a tenement row from Smug's most famous street art of St Mungo himself. However, this one is a particular favourite of ours as it puts St Mungo's mother centre stage.

These versions of such important figures in Glasgow's history and story are very popular with visitors. Not just because of the link to Glasgow but because of the tenderness in the designs.

During COVID-19 and lockdown, a number of new murals appeared in the city, as creatives continued to be busy at work. In fact, you don't have to go very far to find new pieces of art that popped up and gave us all a boost.

The Rebel Bear created Kiss in the west end on Bank Street, right at the beginning of lockdown, and looked ahead to a time when connections could be remade. We particularly like this piece because it offers a glimmer of hope and also represents how we all adjusted to being in quarantine.

We both love this mural not only because it's a beautiful piece but also because it represents Scotland's efforts in using clean energy sources. It was painted by Rogue and Art Pistol as part of the Open Doors Day festival in 2014. It is found on Mitchell Street, very close by to another famous piece, Honey... I Shrunk The Kids - both lovely additions to a busy city centre street.