Henry Bell Obelisk
Henry Bell Obelisk is a monument in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Henry Bell Obelisk is situated nearby to Helensburgh United Reformed Church, as well as near the park James Street Community Garden.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Michael and All Angels’ Church and Helensburgh Central railway station.
St Michael and All Angels’ Church
Church
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Michael and All Angels’ Church is situated 750 feet northwest of Henry Bell Obelisk.
Helensburgh Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helensburgh Central railway station serves the town of Helensburgh on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited 24 miles 31 chains from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill. Helensburgh Central railway station is situated 1,300 feet east of Henry Bell Obelisk.
Scottish Submarine Centre
Museum
The Scottish Submarine Centre is a submarine naval museum in west Scotland. Scottish Submarine Centre is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Henry Bell Obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helensburgh and Craigendoran.
Helensburgh
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Helensburgh is a town in Argyll and Bute, on the north bank of the River Clyde 30 miles west of Glasgow, at the opening of Gare Loch. It developed from the 19th century once ferries and the railway connected it to Glasgow: wealthy business people built their villas here, and made sure to keep heavy industry away from their bosky avenues.
Craigendoran
Suburb
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craigendoran is a suburb at the eastern end of Helensburgh in Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Clyde. The name is from the Gaelic for "the rock of the otter".
Rhu
Village
Photo: Brian D Osborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhu is a village and historic parish on the east shore of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The traditional spelling of its name was Row, but it was changed in the 1920s so that outsiders would pronounce it correctly. Rhu is situated 2 miles northwest of Henry Bell Obelisk.
Henry Bell Obelisk
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.0034° or 56° 0′ 12″ northLongitude
-4.7378° or 4° 44′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C8Q2736+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 4528926293OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Helensburgh United Reformed Church and James Street Community Garden.
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