Charing Cross, Glasgow

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Charing Cross is also an area in London

Charing Cross (pronounced cha-ring, not chair-ing) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde on Sauchiehall Street, at a major interchange of the M8 motorway. Formerly the gateway from the shopping area of Sauchiehall Street to the more prosperous Woodlands area, its architectural qualities were largely razed by the building of the motorway. It still marks the boundary between the City Centre and the West End of the City.

It is the home of the Mitchell Library, the biggest reference library in Western Europe, and part of the so-called Square Mile of Murder, the location of a series of sensational murders which scandalised Victorian society.