John Galt Memorial Fountain

John Galt Memorial Fountain is a memorial in Inverclyde, Scotland. John Galt Memorial Fountain is situated nearby to the building Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home, as well as near Finnart St Paul’s Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Finnart St Paul’s Church and Fort Matilda railway station.

Finnart St Paul’s Church

Church

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Finnart St Paul’s Church is situated 1,400 feet south of John Galt Memorial Fountain.

Fort Matilda railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 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. Fort Matilda railway station is situated 2,600 feet southwest of John Galt Memorial Fountain.

Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home

Building

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home is a building, which is situated 1,300 feet southwest of John Galt Memorial Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Matilda and Greenock West.

Fort Matilda

Suburb

Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Fort Matilda is an area of the town of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland. Its name comes from a coastal battery built on Whiteforeland Point 1814–1819 to defend the River Clyde.

Greenock West

Suburb

Greenock West, also known simply as the West End, is an area of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The streets are in a grid like layout referred to as blocks as opposed to the irregular street patterns elsewhere in the town.

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.

John Galt Memorial Fountain

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.96209° or 55° 57′ 44″ north

Longitude

-4.78396° or 4° 47′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C7QX668+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13423566229

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Matilda Playing Fields and Royal West Of Scotland Amateur Boat Club.

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