Silverton
Dumbarton East is an area of the town of Dumbarton, Scotland. It mainly consists of Victorian-era sandstone buildings built by the Denny shipbuilding company to house its workers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: housing scheme in Dumbarton East, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Silverton, Dumbarton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dumbarton Castle and Dumbarton East railway station.
Dumbarton Castle
Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It sits on a volcanic plug of basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is 240 feet high and overlooks the Scottish town of Dumbarton.
Dumbarton East railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dumbarton East railway station serves the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 15 miles west of Glasgow Queen Street.
Dumbarton Academy
School
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Founded in 1485, Dumbarton Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational state secondary school. The school is located in the Historical town of Dumbarton, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Townend and Dumbarton.
Townend
Suburb
Townend is a moderate to large housing suburb in Dumbarton, Scotland. It stretches from Dumbarton Central Station to Barloan Toll, and to Round Riding Rd to the east.
Dumbarton
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dumbarton is a town in Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 17,000 in 2022. It stands on the north shore of the Clyde at the outflow of the River Leven, which drains Loch Lomond.
Bellsmyre
Suburb
Bellsmyre is a large housing estate in the town of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Located on the edge of the Kilpatrick Hills in the northeast of Dumbarton.
Silverton
- Categories: housing estate and locality
- Location: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.94592° or 55° 56′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.55356° or 4° 33′ 13″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C7QWCWW+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 6015130728OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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