Greenock West
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.- Type: Suburb
- Description: area in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Grianaig an Iar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include McLean Museum and Westburn Church.
McLean Museum
Museum
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The McLean Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery situated in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. It is the main museum in the Inverclyde area, it is free to visit and was opened in 1876.
Greenock West railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Overton.
Greenock
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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.
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.
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.
Greenock West
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95208° or 55° 57′ 8″ northLongitude
-4.76893° or 4° 46′ 8″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
9C7QX62J+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 5362305206OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Greenock West” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Grianag an Iar”
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