Kilcreggan
Kilcreggan is a village in Argyll and Bute, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gourock railway station and Granny Kempock Stone.
Gourock railway station
Railway station
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Gourock railway station 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.
Granny Kempock Stone
Archaeological site
The megalithic Kempock Stone, popularly known as Granny Kempock, stands on a cliff behind Kempock Street, the main shopping street in Gourock, Scotland.
Fort Matilda railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Matilda railway station lies at the far western edge of the town of Greenock, Scotland. It is a non-staffed station, and is the last stop before the terminus of Gourock railway station on the Inverclyde Line out of Glasgow Central station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gourock and Helensburgh.
Gourock
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gourock is a ferry port on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland. Most visitors are only passing through, to catch ferries to Dunoon in Argyll. In 2022 Gourock had a population of 10,200.
Helensburgh
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Helensburgh is a town in Argyll and Bute, 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.
Greenock
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Greenock 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 Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland.
Kilcreggan
- Type: Village with 1,280 residents
- 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
55.9849° or 55° 59′ 6″ northLongitude
-4.8204° or 4° 49′ 13″ westPopulation
1,280Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KICOpen location code
9C7QX5MH+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 651961780OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Kilcreggan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kilcreggan”
- Cebuano: “Kilcreggan”
- Dutch: “Kilcreggan”
- French: “Kilcreggan”
- German: “Kilcreggan”
- Italian: “Kilcreggan”
- Persian: “کیلکرگان”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Chreagain”
- Spanish: “Kilcreggan”
- Swedish: “Kilcreggan”
- Welsh: “Kilcreggan”
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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 “Kilcreggan”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.