Rosneath Point
Rosneath Point is a cape in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hill House and Helensburgh Upper railway station.
Hill House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Hill House is a private villa in Helensburgh, Scotland, designed between 1902 and 1904 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.
Helensburgh Upper railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helensburgh Upper railway station serves the town of Helensburgh, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde to the west of Glasgow. It is located in a residential area uphill from the town centre and is by far the smaller of the town's two stations.
Helensburgh Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helensburgh Central railway station serves the town of Helensburgh on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited 24 miles 31 chains from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenock and Helensburgh.
Greenock
Photo: Wildstoo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Helensburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Rosneath Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9904° or 55° 59′ 25″ northLongitude
-4.7659° or 4° 45′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C7QX6RM+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 12256435520OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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