Glen Fruin
Glen Fruin is a glen in Scotland, adjacent to Loch Lomond. It contains the Fruin Water which flows into the loch, and a road, now the A817 road, known as the Glen Fruin Haul Road, which goes from the A82 up the glen and over the top of the hills to HMNB Clyde at Garelochhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Hill House and Finlas Reservoir.
Hill House
Museum
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The Hill House is a private villa in Helensburgh, Scotland, designed between 1902 and 1904 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. Hill House is situated 2½ miles south of Glen Fruin.
Finlas Reservoir
Reservoir
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Finlas Reservoir is situated 2 miles northeast of Glen Fruin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shandon and Rhu.
Shandon
Village
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Shandon is a village on the open sea loch of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Shandon overlooks the Rosneath Peninsula to the west and is bordered by Glen Fruin to the east, which is the site of the Battle of Glen Fruin, one of the last clan… Shandon is situated 3 miles west of Glen Fruin.
Rhu
Village
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Rhu is a village and historic parish on the east shore of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The traditional spelling of its name was Row, but it was changed in the 1920s so that outsiders would pronounce it correctly. Rhu is situated 3 miles southwest of Glen Fruin.
Helensburgh
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Helensburgh is a town in Argyll and Bute, on the north bank of the River Clyde 30 miles west of Glasgow, at the opening of Gare Loch. It developed from the 19th century once ferries and the railway connected it to Glasgow: wealthy business people built their villas here, and made sure to keep heavy industry away from their bosky avenues.
Glen Fruin
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 358 feet
- Description: valley in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Glen Fruin” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Glen Fruin”
- Irish: “Gleann Freóin”
- Japanese: “グレン・フルーイン”
- Swedish: “Glen Fruin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Fruin and Balcnock.
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