Big Wood

Big Wood is a forest in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Big Wood is situated near the village Bowling, as well as near Old Kilpatrick.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kilpatrick railway station and Bishopton railway station.

Kilpatrick railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kilpatrick railway station serves the village of Old Kilpatrick in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line, between Dalmuir and Bowling.

Bishopton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bishopton railway station serves the village of Bishopton in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is on the Inverclyde line, 13 miles west of Glasgow Central. It opened on 29 March 1841. The station is managed by ScotRail.

Bowling railway station

Railway station

Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowling railway station serves the village of Bowling in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. This station is on the North Clyde Line, between Kilpatrick and Dumbarton East, 12 miles 70 chains from Glasgow Queen Street measured via Maryhill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumbarton and Erskine.

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.

Erskine

Town

Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Erskine is a town in the council area of Renfrewshire, and historic county of the same name, situated in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde, providing the lowest crossing to the north bank of the river at the Erskine Bridge, connecting the town to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire.

Clydebank

Town

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick to the west, and the Yoker and Drumchapel areas of the adjacent City of Glasgow immediately to the east.

Big Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.9203° or 55° 55′ 13″ north

Longitude

-4.4877° or 4° 29′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C7QWGC6+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 336753857

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bowling and Old Kilpatrick.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Old Erskine Parish Church and Erskine Golf Club.

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