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West Dunbartonshire

Balloch

Balloch is a town on in central Scotland, on the southern shore of Loch Lomond. It expanded from 1850 when the railway arrived, bringing trippers from Glasgow to the pier, whence boats and charabancs conveyed them around the loch.
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  • Type: Town with 6,090 residents
  • Description: town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Balloch, West Dunbartonshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balloch Castle and Balloch railway station.

Castle
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is an early 19th-century country house situated at the southern tip of , in , Scotland. Balloch was a property of the Lennox family from the 11th century, and the old castle was built in the 13th century.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town of Balloch in . The station is a western terminus of the North Clyde Line, sited 20 miles 38 chains northwest of , measured via and .

Hospital
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Vale of Leven District General Hospital or simply the is a district general hospital in , , Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bonhill and Alexandria.

Town
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is a town in the area of , . It is sited on the Eastern bank of the River Leven, on the opposite bank from the larger town of Alexandria.

Town
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is a town in , . The town is on the River Leven, three miles north of and 15 mi north-west of .

Village
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is a village in , in the west Central Lowlands of Scotland. In the 2001 National Census it had a population of 2,138. is particularly famous for the village's association football side. is situated 2 miles south of Balloch.

Balloch

Latitude
56.004° or 56° 0′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.5789° or 4° 34′ 44″ west
Population
6,090
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
9C8Q2C3C+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25696984
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656545
Wiki­data ID
Q805302
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Balloch” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Balloch”
  • Basque: “Balloch”
  • Bulgarian: “Балоч”
  • Cebuano: “Balloch”
  • Danish: “Balloch”
  • Dutch: “Balloch”
  • French: “Balloch”
  • German: “Balloch”
  • Irish: “Am Bealach”
  • Italian: “Balloch”
  • Japanese: “バロック”
  • Japanese: “バロッホ”
  • Persian: “بالوک، دونبارتونشر غربی”
  • Persian: “بالوک”
  • Polish: “Balloch”
  • Scots: “Balloch”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Am Bealach”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bealach Loch Laomainn”
  • Slovenian: “Balloch”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بالوک، باتی دونبارتونشر”
  • Spanish: “Balloch”
  • Swedish: “Balloch”
  • “Am Bealach”
  • “Balloch”
  • “Balloch - Am Bealach”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Balloch”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.