Fort Matilda Playing Fields

Fort Matilda Playing Fields is a recreation area in Inverclyde, Scotland. Fort Matilda Playing Fields is situated nearby to Royal West Of Scotland Amateur Boat Club, as well as near the building Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Matilda railway station and Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home.

Fort Matilda railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.

Fort Matilda railway station lies at the far western edge of the town of Greenock, Scotland. It is a non-staffed station, and is the last stop before the terminus of Gourock railway station on the Inverclyde Line out of Glasgow Central station. Fort Matilda railway station is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Fort Matilda Playing Fields.

Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home

Building

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home is a building, which is situated 830 feet southeast of Fort Matilda Playing Fields.

Finnart St Paul’s Church

Church

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Finnart St Paul’s Church is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Fort Matilda Playing Fields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Matilda and Greenock West.

Fort Matilda

Suburb

Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Fort Matilda is an area of the town of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland. Its name comes from a coastal battery built on Whiteforeland Point 1814–1819 to defend the River Clyde.

Greenock West

Suburb

Greenock West, also known simply as the West End, is an area of Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. The streets are in a grid like layout referred to as blocks as opposed to the irregular street patterns elsewhere in the town.

Gourock

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gourock is a ferry port on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland. Most visitors are only passing through, to catch ferries to Dunoon in Argyll. In 2022 Gourock had a population of 10,200.

Fort Matilda Playing Fields

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.96072° or 55° 57′ 39″ north

Longitude

-4.79029° or 4° 47′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C7QX665+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 124872158

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Royal West Of Scotland Amateur Boat Club and Lyle Park.

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