09/06/2026
Good Morning Glasgow ☀️
Did you know? 🧡
Standing on Glasgow Green is something truly extraordinary — the largest terracotta fountain in the world.
The Doulton Fountain was built in 1888 for the International Exhibition at Kelvingrove Park, designed as a commemoration of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee .
At the end of the exhibition, the manufacturers Doulton & Co gifted it to the city, and it was installed on Glasgow Green in 1890. 
Standing 46 feet tall with a 70-foot basin at its base , every single piece was hand-crafted. All 763 individual parts  — figures, columns, decorative details — made by hand. There’s nothing else like it.
But here’s the thing. In the 1960s, the water was turned off and the fountain was allowed to fall into disrepair.  Decades of neglect, vandalism, and weathering took their toll on one of Glasgow’s most remarkable treasures. It took a £4 million restoration, completed in 2005 , to bring it back.
Glasgow Green has been the heart of this city for centuries.
The Doulton Fountain is proof of what we’re capable of building — and a reminder of what happens when we stop looking after the things that matter.
Next time you’re cutting through the Green, stop and look up.