Overton
Overton is an area in the suburbs of Greenock, Inverclyde. Overton offers excellent views across the River Clyde and suburban Greenock. The area is the closest in Greenock to "The Cut", which was completed in 1827, bringing a water supply 9 km from Loch Thom to Overton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Overton, Greenock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Overton Reservoir and Drumfrochar railway station.
Drumfrochar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumfrochar railway station is a railway station located in a residential district in the south-western part of Greenock, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line, 23 miles west of Glasgow Central.
Greenock West railway station
Railway station
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Greenock West railway station is a station in Greenock, Scotland, located on the Inverclyde Line which runs from Gourock to Glasgow Central. The route is currently operated by ScotRail under the auspices of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenock and Greenock West.
Greenock
Photo: Wildstoo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenock is a port on the Clyde estuary, with a population of 41,000 in 2020. Historically it was part of Renfrewshire but is now within Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland.
Greenock West
Suburb
Greenock West, also known simply as the West End, is an area of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The streets are in a grid like layout referred to as blocks as opposed to the irregular street patterns elsewhere in the town.
Branchton
Suburb
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Branchton is an area of the town of Greenock, in Inverclyde, Scotland. Tenements used to dominate the area, which acquired a reputation as socially disadvantaged, but a recent cash injection means that the area is being redeveloped with new housing and community projects. Branchton railway station is on the Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central line.
Overton
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.93752° or 55° 56′ 15″ northLongitude
-4.77638° or 4° 46′ 35″ westElevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
9C7QW6QF+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 5362305215OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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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 “Overton”. Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.