Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home
Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home is a building in Inverclyde, Scotland. Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home is situated nearby to Lyle Park, as well as near the recreation area Fort Matilda Playing Fields.Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: nursing home in Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Greenock, 67 Newark Street, Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners‘ Home” and “Sir Gabriel Woods Mariners Home”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Matilda railway station and Finnart St Paul’s Church.
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 1,600 feet west of Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home.
Finnart St Paul’s Church
Church
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finnart St Paul’s Church is situated 1,200 feet east of Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home.
McLean Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The McLean Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery situated in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. It is the main museum in the Inverclyde area, it is free to visit and was opened in 1876. McLean Museum is situated 1 mile southeast of Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home.
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.
Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home
- Category: nursing home
- Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.95916° or 55° 57′ 33″ northLongitude
-4.78733° or 4° 47′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C7QX657+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 389449260OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q15128603
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In Other Languages
“Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home” goes by many names.
- German: “Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lyle Park and Fort Matilda Playing Fields.
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