Glasgow Green is the oldest public park in Britain, a stretch of common land on the north bank of the Clyde that citizens have used for centuries and which the city is legally prohibited from selling or restricting. The park contains the People's Palace and Winter Gardens, the Nelson Monument (the oldest monument to Nelson in Britain, erected while he was still alive in 1806), and the Doulton Fountain — the largest terracotta fountain in the world, built for the Glasgow International Exhibition of 1888 and recently restored.
The Green is open 24 hours and is where Glaswegians go to sit, walk, play football, and — historically — to watch public hangings and political rallies. The Clyde walkway runs along its southern edge, connecting to the city centre and the Riverside Museum in one direction and the suburbs in the other.