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Garelochhead

Garelochhead is a small town on the in , Scotland. It is the nearest town to the naval base. Garelochhead lies 7 miles northwest of . is a few miles to the east, and to the west.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Garelochhead railway station and HMNB Clyde.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the , in . This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT.

Military installation
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His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde, primarily sited at Faslane on the , is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy.

Military installation
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Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport, shortened to , on in , Scotland, is the storage and loading facility for the nuclear warheads of the United Kingdom's Trident programme. is situated 2 miles southwest of Garelochhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whistlefield and Portincaple.

Hamlet
is a hamlet on the east shore of on the , in , West of Scotland. It is home to the Category C listed building, the , which was established around 1801–1804.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet on the shores of in , Scotland. It was once a fishing village sending its catch to market via the old railway station at Whistlefield.

Hamlet
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a clachan in , Scotland, on the west bank of the in the Rosneath peninsula, 2.3 miles south of the larger settlement of Garelochhead and 11 miles northwest by road from the town of . is situated 2 miles south of Garelochhead.

Garelochhead

Latitude
56.07961° or 56° 4′ 47″ north
Longitude
-4.82918° or 4° 49′ 45″ west
Population
3,560
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB GAD
Open location code
9C8Q35HC+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1261157870
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2648877
Wiki­data ID
Q1020239
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Garelochhead” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Garelochhead”
  • Bulgarian: “Гарелочхеад”
  • Cebuano: “Garelochhead”
  • Dutch: “Garelochhead”
  • French: “Garelochhead”
  • Irish: “Ceann a‘ Gheàrrloch”
  • Irish: “Ceann a’ Gheàrrloch”
  • Italian: “Garelochhead”
  • Persian: “گارلاکهد”
  • Polish: “Garelochhead”
  • Scots: “Gairlochheid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann a‘ Ghearrloch”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann a‘ Gheàrrloch”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann a’ Gheàrrloch”
  • Spanish: “Garelochhead”
  • Swedish: “Garelochhead”
  • Welsh: “Garelochhead”

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