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”, “Bealach Loch Laomainn”, and “バロッホ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Balloch Castle and Balloch railway station.

Castle
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is an early 19th-century country house…

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town of Balloch in .

Hospital
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Vale of Leven District General Hospital or simply the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alexandria and Bonhill.

Town
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is a town in , .

Town
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is a town in the area of , .

Village
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is a village in the in , Scotland. 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”
  • Breton: “Am Bealach”
  • Bulgarian: “Балоч”
  • Cebuano: “Balloch”
  • Danish: “Balloch”
  • Dutch: “Balloch”
  • French: “Balloch”
  • German: “Balloch”
  • Irish: “Am Bealach”
  • Italian: “Balloch”
  • Japanese: “バロック”
  • Manx: “Beallagh”
  • Persian: “بالوک”
  • Polish: “Balloch”
  • Scots: “Balloch”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Am Bealach”
  • Slovenian: “Balloch”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بالوک، باتی دونبارتونشر”
  • Spanish: “Balloch”
  • Swedish: “Balloch”
  • “Balloch - Am Bealach”

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