Gourock

Gourock is a ferry port on in the of Scotland. Most visitors are only passing through, to catch ferries to in Argyll. In 2022 Gourock had a population of 10,200.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Matilda railway station and Gourock railway station.

Railway station
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lies at the far western edge of the town of , Scotland. It is a non-staffed station, and is the last stop before the terminus of on the Inverclyde Line out of .

Railway station
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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.

Archaeological site
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The megalithic Kempock Stone, popularly known as Granny Kempock, stands on a cliff behind Kempock Street, the main shopping street in Gourock, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilcreggan and Greenock.

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is a village in , on the tip of the Rosneath peninsula. To the east of the peninsula is Gare Loch, west is Loch Long, and south is the Firth of Clyde.

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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 in the of Scotland.

Suburb
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is an area of the town of in , . Its name comes from a coastal battery built on Whiteforeland Point 1814–1819 to defend the .

Gourock

Latitude
55.962° or 55° 57′ 43″ north
Longitude
-4.8179° or 4° 49′ 4″ west
Population
10,300
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB GUR
Open location code
9C7QX56J+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 265366400
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2648259
Wiki­data ID
Q2469984
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Gourock” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Gourock”
  • Basque: “Gourock”
  • Cebuano: “Gourock”
  • Dutch: “Gourock”
  • French: “Gourock”
  • Irish: “Guireag”
  • Irish: “Gurraig”
  • Italian: “Gourock”
  • Japanese: “ゴウロック”
  • Korean: “구락”
  • Korean: “구럭”
  • Persian: “گوراک”
  • Polish: “Gourock”
  • Portuguese: “Gourock”
  • Russian: “Гурок”
  • Scots: “Gourock”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guireag”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gurraig”
  • Spanish: “Gourock”
  • Swedish: “Gourock”
  • Ukrainian: “Гурок”
  • Welsh: “Gourock”
  • Welsh: “Gurraig”
  • “Gourock - Gurraig”

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