Ardencaple Park

Ardencaple Park was a football ground in Helensburgh, Scotland. It was the home ground of Helensburgh F.C. during their time in the Scottish Football League.

Type: Recreation area
Description: stadium in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Ardencaple Playing Fields”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ardencaple Castle and Helensburgh Upper railway station.

Ardencaple Castle

Building

Photo: Cmacauley, CC BY 3.0.

Ardencaple Castle, also known as Ardincaple Castle, and sometimes referred to as Ardencaple Castle Light, is a listed building, situated about 1 statute mile from Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Ardencaple Castle is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Ardencaple Park.

Helensburgh Upper railway station

Railway station

Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Helensburgh Upper railway station serves the town of Helensburgh, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde to the west of Glasgow. It is located in a residential area uphill from the town centre and is by far the smaller of the town's two stations. Helensburgh Upper railway station is situated 1 mile east of Ardencaple Park.

Hill House

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Hill House is a villa in Helensburgh, Scotland, designed between 1902 and 1904 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Commissioned by publisher Walter Blackie, the house was conceived in an innovative manner and is noted for its forward looking design and construction techniques. Hill House is situated 1 mile northeast of Ardencaple Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helensburgh and Rhu.

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.

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.

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". Craigendoran is situated 2 miles southeast of Ardencaple Park.

Ardencaple Park

Categories: stadium, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.01135° or 56° 0′ 41″ north

Longitude

-4.75183° or 4° 45′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C8Q266X+G7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1385663185

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

Wikidata ID

Q16821748

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Helensburgh Sailing Club and Christian Science Society.

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Places to explore: Lomond School Sports Facilities and Duchess Woods.

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