The Clyde
The River Clyde is a major river of western Scotland and the third-longest in the country at about 170 kilometres in length. Its river network extends to 4,244 km and drains a basin of 1,903 km2, expanding to 3,854 km2 when the Clyde estuary system with the Kelvin, White Cart, Black Cart and Leven is included.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Scotland rising in Lanarkshire and flowing through Glasgow to the Firth of Clyde
- Also known as: “Clyde”, “Clyde River”, “River Clyde”, and “The River Clyde”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gourock railway station and Granny Kempock Stone.
Gourock railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gourock railway station is a terminus of the Inverclyde Line, located at Gourock pierhead, Scotland. It was originally closely integrated with an extensive clyde steamer pier as well as serving the coastal resort town.
Granny Kempock Stone
Archaeological site
The megalithic Kempock Stone, popularly known as Granny Kempock, stands on a cliff behind Kempock Street, the main shopping street in Gourock, Scotland.
Fort Matilda railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Matilda railway station lies at the far western edge of the town of Greenock, Scotland. It is a non-staffed station, and is the last stop before the terminus of Gourock railway station on the Inverclyde Line out of Glasgow Central station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gourock and Kilcreggan.
Gourock
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gourock is a ferry port on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland. Most visitors are only passing through, to catch ferries to Dunoon in Argyll. In 2022 Gourock had a population of 10,200.
Kilcreggan
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilcreggan is a village in Argyll and Bute, on the tip of the Rosneath peninsula. To the east of the peninsula is Gare Loch, west is Loch Long, and south is the Firth of Clyde.
Portkil
Hamlet
Portkil is a village on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and is at the south end of the Rosneath Peninsula.
The Clyde
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“The Clyde” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Clyde”
- Arabic: “نهر كلايد”
- Armenian: “Քլայդ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Clyde”
- Basque: “Clyde ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Клайд”
- Belarusian: “Рака Клайд”
- Breton: “Abhainn Chluaidh”
- Bulgarian: “Клайд (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Клайд”
- Burmese: “ကလိုက်မြစ်”
- Catalan: “riu Clyde”
- Catalan: “Riu Clyde”
- Cebuano: “River Clyde”
- Chinese: “克莱德河”
- Chinese: “克萊德河”
- Chuvash: “Клайд”
- Croatian: “Clyde”
- Czech: “Clyde”
- Danish: “Clyde”
- Dutch: “Clyde”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كلايد”
- Estonian: “Clyde’i jõgi”
- Finnish: “Clyde”
- French: “Clyde”
- Galician: “Río Clyde”
- Georgian: “კლაიდი”
- German: “Clyde”
- Hebrew: “קלייד”
- Icelandic: “Clyde”
- Inari Sami: “Clyde”
- Inari Sami: “Clydejuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Clyde”
- Irish: “Abhainn Chluaidh”
- Irish: “An Chluaidh”
- Italian: “Clyde”
- Japanese: “クライド川”
- Kazakh: “Клайд (өзен)”
- Kazakh: “Клайд”
- Korean: “클라이드강”
- Ladin: “Clyde”
- Latvian: “Klaida”
- Lithuanian: “Klaidas”
- Mingrelian: “კლაიდი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “კლაიდი”
- Northern Sami: “Clyde”
- Northern Sami: “Clydejohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Clyde”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Clyde”
- Norwegian: “Clyde”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Clyde”
- Persian: “رود کلاید”
- Polish: “Clyde”
- Portuguese: “Rio Clyde”
- Russian: “Клайд”
- Scots: “River Clyde”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Chluaidh”
- Serbian: “Клајд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Clyde”
- Skolt Sami: “Clyde”
- Skolt Sami: “Clydejokk”
- Slovak: “Clyde”
- Slovenian: “Clyde”
- Spanish: “Clyde”
- Spanish: “rio Clyde”
- Spanish: “río Clyde”
- Spanish: “Río Clyde”
- Swedish: “Clyde”
- Swedish: “River Clyde”
- Tamil: “கிளைடு ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำไคลด์”
- Turkish: “Clyde Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Клайд”
- Venetian: “Fiume Clyde”
- Welsh: “Afon Clud”
- Western Frisian: “Clyde”
- Western Panjabi: “کلائیڈ دریا”
- Wu Chinese: “克莱德河”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “The Clyde”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Matilda and Cardwell Bay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilcreggan Bay and Kempock Point.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “The Clyde”. Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.