‘the Beak’
‘the Beak’ is a scenic viewpoint in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. ‘the Beak’ is situated nearby to Prince of Wales Battery, as well as near Duke of Argyll’s Battery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dumbarton Castle and Dumbarton Football Stadium.
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 Football Stadium
Stadium
Photo: James T M Towill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dumbarton Football Stadium, known as the Marbill Coaches Stadium and commonly known as The Rock, is a stadium in Dumbarton, Scotland, used mostly for football matches; it is the home ground of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton Football Stadium is situated 520 feet north of ‘the Beak’.
Dumbarton Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, 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 3,600 feet north of ‘the Beak’.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumbarton and Silverton.
Dumbarton
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dumbarton is a town in Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 17,000 in 2022. It stands on the north shore of the Clyde at the outflow of the River Leven, which drains Loch Lomond.
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.
Dalreoch
Suburb
Photo: Helen Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dalreoch is an area of Dumbarton, to the west of the River Leven, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The area is served by Dalreoch railway station.
‘the Beak’
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Categories: tourism and peak
- Location: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.93696° or 55° 56′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.56254° or 4° 33′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C7QWCPP+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 3661088088OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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