Midton
Gourock is a town in the Inverclyde council area and formerly a burgh of the County of Renfrew in the west of Scotland. It was a seaside resort on the East shore of the upper Firth of Clyde.Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: famstead, now suburb of Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Midton, Gourock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gourock railway station and Granny Kempock Stone.
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.
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.
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverclyde Royal Hospital is a district general hospital in Greenock which serves a population area of 125,000 consisting of Inverclyde, Largs, Isle of Bute and Cowal Peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larkfield and Gourock.
Gourock
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gourock is a ferry port on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland. Most visitors are only passing through, to catch ferries to Dunoon in Argyll. In 2022 Gourock had a population of 10,200.
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…
Midton
- Category: locality
- Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.95226° or 55° 57′ 8″ northLongitude
-4.82427° or 4° 49′ 27″ westElevation
279 feet (85 metres)Open location code
9C7QX52G+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5362305207OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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