War Memorial Fountain
War Memorial Fountain is a memorial in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. War Memorial Fountain is situated nearby to Dumbarton Cemetery, as well as near St Peter’s RC Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dumbarton Castle and Dumbarton Central railway station.
Dumbarton Castle
Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It sits on a volcanic plug of basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is 240 feet high and overlooks the Scottish town of Dumbarton. Dumbarton Castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of War Memorial Fountain.
Dumbarton Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: habiloid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dumbarton Central railway station serves the town of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and the North Clyde Line, 15+3⁄4 miles northwest of Glasgow Queen Street. Dumbarton Central railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of War Memorial Fountain.
Dumbarton East railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dumbarton East railway station serves the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 15 miles west of Glasgow Queen Street. Dumbarton East railway station is situated 3,800 feet south of War Memorial Fountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellsmyre and Silverton.
Bellsmyre
Suburb
Bellsmyre is a large housing estate in the town of Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Located on the edge of the Kilpatrick Hills in the northeast of Dumbarton.
Silverton
Suburb
Dumbarton East is an area of the town of Dumbarton, Scotland. It mainly consists of Victorian-era sandstone buildings built by the Denny shipbuilding company to house its workers.
Townend
Suburb
Townend is a moderate to large housing suburb in Dumbarton, Scotland. It stretches from Dumbarton Central Station to Barloan Toll, and to Round Riding Rd to the east.
War Memorial Fountain
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Erected by the London-Dumbartonshire Association President – Sir Iain Colquhoun, Bart, KT, DSO, LLD, Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire to the honoured memory of those of the county who lost their lives by enemy action 1939-1945”
- Category: historic site
- Location: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9524° or 55° 57′ 9″ northLongitude
-4.54912° or 4° 32′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C7QXF22+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 13424086208OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Dumbarton Cemetery and New Dumbarton Cemetery.
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