Port an Lochain

Port an Lochain is a locality in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Port an Lochain is situated nearby to the locality Creag Loisgte, as well as near Creag Liomha.

Places of Interest

Highlights include RNAD Coulport and HMNB Clyde.

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.

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 2 miles east of Port an Lochain.

Garelochhead railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Garelochhead railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the Gare Loch, in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT. Garelochhead railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of Port an Lochain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garelochhead and Rahane.

Garelochhead

Village

Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Garelochhead is a small town on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the nearest town to the HMNB Clyde naval base. Garelochhead lies 7 miles northwest of Helensburgh. Loch Lomond is a few miles to the east, and Loch Long to the west. Garelochhead is situated 2 miles northeast of Port an Lochain.

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. Rahane is situated 2 miles southeast of Port an Lochain.

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. Coulport is situated 2 miles south of Port an Lochain.

Port an Lochain

Type: Locality
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.06839° or 56° 4′ 6″ north

Longitude

-4.87057° or 4° 52′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C8Q349H+9Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1680442574

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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