Its other boundaries are not precisely defined, but roughly correspond to Sauchiehall Street to the south opposite the Sandyford neighbourhood, and the Charing Cross area to the east.

Along with Charing Cross and the Park District a short distance to the north, Kelvingrove forms part of the 'Park' conservation area,[1] one of 25 such zones covered by Glasgow City Council.

[16][17] The nearby Queens's Rooms building at La Belle Place[18] also served as a Christian Science Church from the 1940s[19] before becoming a Hindu temple in 2006,[20][21][22] the largest such facility in Scotland.

The building was designed in the 1850s by Charles Wilson who was also responsible for two adjacent blonde sandstone tenements featuring ornate carvings dating from the same time.

[a] There are also several established restaurants[b] and bars,[37][38][39][40] a provision which increased markedly in the 2010s as the wider area (usually marketed as Finnieston) around Argyle Street became more popular as a destination in its own right.