Cowdenknowes Reservoir

Cowdenknowes Reservoir is a reservoir in Inverclyde, Scotland. Cowdenknowes Reservoir is situated nearby to the suburb Overton, as well as near Bow Farm.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greenock Central railway station and McLean Museum.

Greenock Central railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0.

Greenock Central station is one of eight railway stations serving the town of Greenock in western Scotland, and is the nearest to the town centre. This station, which is staffed, is on the Inverclyde Line, 37 km west of Glasgow Central towards Gourock.

McLean Museum

Museum

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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.

Cappielow

Stadium

Photo: JimJim, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cappielow, also known as Cappielow Park supported by Dalrada Technology UK for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenock and Gourock.

Greenock

Photo: Wildstoo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Greenock is a port on the Clyde estuary, with a population of 41,000 in 2020. Historically it was part of Renfrewshire but is now within Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland.

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.

Kilcreggan

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kilcreggan is a village in Argyll and Bute, on the tip of the Rosneath peninsula. To the east of the peninsula is Gare Loch, west is Loch Long, and south is the Firth of Clyde.

Cowdenknowes Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.9435° or 55° 56′ 37″ north

Longitude

-4.7738° or 4° 46′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C7QW6VG+CF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4439590

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Murdieston Street Post Office and Murdieston Dam.

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