Jamestown
Jamestown is a village in the Vale of Leven conurbation in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Located on the east bank of the River Leven, it is sandwiched between Balloch to the north and Bonhill to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Baile Sheumais”, “Jamestown, West Dunbartonshire”, and “Jeamstoun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balloch railway station and Loch Lomond distillery.
Balloch railway station
Railway station
Photo: PEPSI697, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balloch railway station is a railway station serving the town of Balloch in Scotland. The station is a western terminus of the North Clyde Line, sited 20 miles 38 chains northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill.
Loch Lomond distillery
Distillery
Photo: Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Lomond distillery is a Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky distillery in Alexandria, Scotland, near Loch Lomond.
Vale of Leven Hospital
Hospital
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vale of Leven District General Hospital or simply the Vale of Leven Hospital is a district general hospital in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balloch and Alexandria.
Balloch
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balloch is a town on Clydeside in central Scotland, on the southern shore of Loch Lomond. It expanded from 1850 when the railway arrived, bringing trippers from Glasgow to the pier, whence boats and charabancs conveyed them around the loch.
Alexandria
Town
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alexandria is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The town is on the River Leven, three miles north of Dumbarton and 15 mi north-west of Glasgow.
Bonhill
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bonhill is a town in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is sited on the Eastern bank of the River Leven, on the opposite bank from the larger town of Alexandria.
Jamestown
- Category: locality
- Location: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.99812° or 55° 59′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.57144° or 4° 34′ 17″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB JMSOpen location code
9C7QXCXH+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 4590905458OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645977Wikidata ID
Q15059302
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Slovenian—“Jamestown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Jamestown”
- Dutch: “Jamestown, West Dunbartonshire”
- French: “Jamestown”
- Irish: “Baile Sheumais, Comhairle Dhún Breatainn an Iar”
- Irish: “Baile Sheumais”
- Japanese: “ジェームズタウン”
- Slovenian: “Jamestown”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jamestown”. Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.