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Helensburgh

Helensburgh is a town in , on the north bank of the River Clyde 30 miles west of Glasgow, at the opening of Gare Loch. It developed from the 19th century once ferries and the railway connected it to Glasgow: wealthy business people built their villas here, and made sure to keep heavy industry away from their bosky avenues.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hill House and Helensburgh Upper railway station.

Museum
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The is a private villa in Helensburgh, , designed between 1902 and 1904 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.

Railway station
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Helensburgh, , on the north shore of the to the west of . It is located in a residential area uphill from the town centre and is by far the smaller of the town's two stations.

Railway station
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serves the town of Helensburgh on the north shore of the , near , . The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited 24 miles 31 chains from , measured via and .

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.

Village
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is a village and historic parish on the east shore of the in , Scotland. The traditional spelling of its name was Row, but it was changed in the 1920s so that outsiders would pronounce it correctly.

Helensburgh

Latitude
56.0033° or 56° 0′ 12″ north
Longitude
-4.7343° or 4° 44′ 4″ west
Population
13,200
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HLN
Open location code
9C8Q2738+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26585673
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2647178
Wiki­data ID
Q1007088
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Helensburgh” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հելենսբուրգ”
  • Asturian: “Helensburgh”
  • Basque: “Helensburgh”
  • Belarusian: “Хеленсбург”
  • Bengali: “হেলেনবার্গ”
  • Bengali: “হেলেন্সবার্গ”
  • Bulgarian: “Хелънсбърг”
  • Catalan: “Helensburgh”
  • Cebuano: “Helensburgh”
  • Chinese: “海伦堡”
  • Chinese: “海倫堡”
  • Chinese: “海倫斯堡”
  • Czech: “Helensburgh”
  • Dutch: “Helensburgh”
  • Esperanto: “Helensburgh”
  • French: “Helensburgh”
  • German: “Helensburgh”
  • Greek: “Χέλενσμπεργκ”
  • Gujarati: “હેલેન્સબર્ગ”
  • Hebrew: “הלנסבוראו”
  • Irish: “Baile Eilidh”
  • Italian: “Helensburgh”
  • Japanese: “ヘレンスバラ”
  • Japanese: “ヘレンズバラ”
  • Kannada: “ಹೆಲೆನ್ಸ್ಬರ್ಗ್”
  • Korean: “헬렌즈버러”
  • Lithuanian: “Helensburgas”
  • Malagasy: “Helensburgh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Helensburgh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Helensburgh”
  • Norwegian: “Helensburgh”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Elenesburh”
  • Persian: “هلنزبرو”
  • Persian: “هلنزبورو”
  • Polish: “Helensburgh”
  • Portuguese: “Helensburgh”
  • Romanian: “Helensburgh”
  • Russian: “Хеленсборо”
  • Russian: “Хеленсбург”
  • Scots: “Milligs Mill”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Eilidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Helensburgh”
  • Slovenian: “Helensburgh”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هلنزبرو”
  • Spanish: “Helensburgh”
  • Swedish: “Helensburgh”
  • Tamil: “ஹெலென்ஸ்புரஃஹ்”
  • Tamil: “ஹெலென்ஸ்பெர்க்ஹ்”
  • Telugu: “హెలేన్స్ బర్గ్”
  • Telugu: “హేలేన్స్బుర్గ్”
  • Ukrainian: “Геленсбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Хеленсбург”
  • Urdu: “ھلینسبورگھ”
  • Urdu: “ہیلنسبرگ”
  • Welsh: “Baile Eilidh”
  • Welsh: “Helensburgh”

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