Wemyss Bay
Wemyss Bay is a village on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in Inverclyde in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the traditional county of Renfrewshire.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wemyss Bay railway station and Skelmorlie Parish Church.
Wemyss Bay railway station
Railway station
Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wemyss Bay railway station serves the village of Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the Inverclyde Line, about 26 miles west of Glasgow Central.
Inverkip power station
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverkip power station was an oil-fired power station on the Inverclyde coast, Firth of Clyde, west coast of Scotland. It was closer to Wemyss Bay than Inverkip, and dominated the local area with its 236 m chimney, the third tallest chimney in the United Kingdom and Scotland's tallest free-standing structure. Inverkip power station is situated 2 miles north of Wemyss Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skelmorlie and Innellan.
Skelmorlie
Village
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skelmorlie is a village in North Ayrshire in the southwest of Scotland. Although it is the northernmost settlement in the council area of North Ayrshire it is contiguous with Wemyss Bay, which is in Inverclyde, and has a PA zone postcode unlike the rest of Ayrshire which is in the KA zone.
Innellan
Village
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Innellan is a village in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland, on the western shore of the Firth of Clyde. It is four miles south of Dunoon. Innellan is situated 3 miles northwest of Wemyss Bay.
Wemyss Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86667° or 55° 52′ northLongitude
-4.9° or 4° 54′ westOpen location code
9C7QV38X+MXGeoNames ID
2634546
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