Glasgow’s premier shopping emporium

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Right at the top of Buchanan Street, the city's main shopping stretch, you'll find the ample modern edifice that is Buchanan Galleries. This is Glasgow's main shopping mall and an essential retail destination for any self-respecting shopaholic.

Spread over four floors housing over 90 stores, this is one of the largest city centre shopping developments in the UK and is packed with high street brands such as River Island, Topman, Mango, Fred Perry and Accessorize. If that's not enough to satisfy your high street needs, fear not; the city's flagship H&M store and a four-storey John Lewis call the galleries home, too.