Portkil Bay
Portkil Bay is a bay in Scotland, United Kingdom. Portkil Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Old Kilcreggan, as well as near Camsail.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gourock railway station and Fort Matilda railway station.
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.
Fort Matilda railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portkil and Kilcreggan.
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.
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.
Fort Matilda
Suburb
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Fort Matilda is an area of the town of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland. Its name comes from a coastal battery built on Whiteforeland Point 1814–1819 to defend the River Clyde.
Portkil Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.98445° or 55° 59′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.79836° or 4° 47′ 54″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9C7QX6M2+QMOpenStreetMap ID
node 12256435608OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
11128400
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