Jamestown

Jamestown is a village in the conurbation in , . Located on the east bank of the River Leven, it is sandwiched between Balloch to the north and to the south.
Wikipedia
  • 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.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town of in . The station is a western terminus of the North Clyde Line, sited 20 miles 38 chains northwest of , measured via and .

Distillery
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Loch Lomond is a Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky distillery in Alexandria, Scotland, near .

Hospital
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Vale of Leven District General Hospital or simply the is a district general hospital in , , Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balloch and Alexandria.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on 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.

Town
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is a town in , . The town is on the River Leven, three miles north of and 15 mi north-west of .

Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the area of , . It is sited on the Eastern bank of the River Leven, on the opposite bank from the larger town of Alexandria.

Jamestown

Latitude
55.99812° or 55° 59′ 53″ north
Longitude
-4.57144° or 4° 34′ 17″ west
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB JMS
Open location code
9C7QXCXH+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4590905458
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2645977
Wiki­data 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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