Colgrain
Colgrain is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located to the east of Helensburgh. The name Colgrain is known from at least 1377 when Sir William Denzeltoun gives his consent to a grant made by his father, Sir John Denzeltoun of that Ilk, to the church of Glasgow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Craigendoran railway station and Hermitage Academy.
Craigendoran railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Craigendoran railway station is a railway station serving Craigendoran, east of Helensburgh, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail, which operates all services at the station.
Hermitage Academy
School
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hermitage Academy is a non-denominational secondary school in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is one of two secondary schools in the Helensburgh area and is currently the largest secondary school in Argyll and Bute.
Geilston Garden
Garden
Photo: Eddie Mackinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Geilston Garden is a property of the National Trust for Scotland, north-west of Cardross, Argyll and Bute. Geilston Garden was developed more than two hundred years ago with a date given for its development being 1797, combining several features.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Craigendoran and Geilston.
Craigendoran
Suburb
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craigendoran is a suburb at the eastern end of Helensburgh in Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Clyde. The name is from the Gaelic for "the rock of the otter".
Geilston
Hamlet
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Geilston is a house and an area on the edge of the village of Cardross in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the site of Geilston Garden, a National Trust for Scotland Property that surrounds it. Geilston is situated 1½ miles southeast of Colgrain.
Cardross
Village
Photo: Eddie Mackinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardross is a large village with a population of 2,194 in Scotland, on the north side of the Firth of Clyde, situated halfway between Dumbarton and Helensburgh. Cardross is situated 2 miles southeast of Colgrain.
Colgrain
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.98493° or 55° 59′ 6″ northLongitude
-4.6883° or 4° 41′ 18″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9C7QX8M6+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 6015077875OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Colgrain” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Colgrain”
- Dutch: “Colgrain”
- French: “Colgrain”
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