Peaton
Peaton is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Peaton is situated nearby to the hamlet Coulport, as well as near the locality Letter.Places of Interest
Highlights include HMNB Clyde and Knockderry Castle.
HMNB Clyde
Military installation
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His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde, primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. HMNB Clyde is situated 2½ miles northeast of Peaton.
Knockderry Castle
Manor estate
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knockderry Castle, is a house on the Shore Road in Cove on the Rosneath Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. Designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson in the 1850s. Knockderry Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Peaton.
RNAD Coulport
Military installation
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport, shortened to RNAD Coulport, on Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland, is the storage and loading facility for the nuclear warheads of the United Kingdom's Trident programme. RNAD Coulport is situated 1½ miles north of Peaton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coulport and Ardpeaton.
Coulport
Hamlet
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coulport is a village on the east side of Loch Long and the west side of the Rosneath Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is 5 miles north-north-west of Cove.
Ardpeaton
Hamlet
Ardpeaton is a settlement on the Rosneath Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. On the east shore of Loch Long. The population is under 1000.
Rahane
Hamlet
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rahane is a clachan in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of the Gare Loch in the Rosneath peninsula, 2.3 miles south of the larger settlement of Garelochhead and 11 miles northwest by road from the town of Helensburgh.
Peaton
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.03434° or 56° 2′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.86012° or 4° 51′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C8Q24MQ+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1679110124OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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