Penny Fern

Penny Fern is a suburb in Inverclyde, Scotland. Penny Fern is situated nearby to the neighborhood Barr’s Cottage, as well as near the suburb Gateside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Branchton railway station and Drumfrochar railway station.

Branchton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Branchton railway station is a railway station in Scotland opened in 1967 under British Rail located in the south-west of the town of Greenock, beside the area called Branchton.

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.

Overton Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Overton and Branchton.

Overton

Suburb

Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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.

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.

Braeside

Suburb

Braeside is a neighbourhood situated on the far west side of Greenock, in Inverclyde, Scotland. It has one primary schools in its vicinity, Aileymill, a high school Inverclyde Academy and used to have a special needs school for handicapped children, Glenburn…

Penny Fern

Type: Suburb
Also known as: “Pennyfern”
Category: locality
Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.93841° or 55° 56′ 18″ north

Longitude

-4.78886° or 4° 47′ 20″ west

Elevation

302 feet (92 metres)

Open location code

9C7QW6Q6+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5362305216

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

13268124

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