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West Dunbartonshire

Balloch Castle

Balloch Castle is an early 19th-century country house situated at the southern tip of , in , Scotland. Balloch was a property of the Lennox family from the 11th century, and the old castle was built in the 13th century.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Balloch Country Park and Balloch railway station.

Park
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is a 200-acre country park on the southern tip of in , . It was recognised as a country park in 1980, and it is the only country park in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland's first national park.

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 .

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 Jamestown.

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.

Village
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.

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 . is situated 1½ miles south of Balloch Castle.

Balloch Castle

Latitude
56.01302° or 56° 0′ 47″ north
Longitude
-4.58359° or 4° 35′ 1″ west
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
Open location code
9C8Q2C78+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 99210541
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2656543
Wiki­data ID
Q3299192
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Portuguese—“Balloch Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ballocheko gaztelua”
  • Czech: “Balloch”
  • Czech: “Castle Balloch”
  • Czech: “Zámek Balloch”
  • Dutch: “Balloch Castle, West Dunbartonshire”
  • Dutch: “Balloch Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Balloch”
  • French: “Château de Balloch”
  • German: “Balloch Castle”
  • Italian: “Balloch Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Balloch”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Balloch”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Walled Garden and North Lodge, Balloch Castle.

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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 “Balloch Castle”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.