Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room

Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room is a security checkpoint in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room is situated nearby to the forest Greenfield Wood, as well as near the cemetery Garelochhead Burial Ground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Garelochhead railway station and HMNB Clyde.

Garelochhead railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Garelochhead railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the Gare Loch, in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT. Garelochhead railway station is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room.

HMNB Clyde

Military installation

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde is the Royal Navy's main shore establishment in Scotland. It is home to the United Kingdom's fleet of nuclear submarines, including attack submarines and ballistic missile submarines. HMNB Clyde is situated 1 mile south of Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room.

Auchengaich Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

National grid reference NS27609150 Auchengaich Reservoir was created in 1942 through the construction of an earthfill dam built by the military to supply water to Helensburgh and the Gareloch during World War II. Auchengaich Reservoir is situated 2 miles northeast of Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garelochhead and Whistlefield.

Garelochhead

Village

Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Garelochhead is a small village on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the nearest village to HM Naval Base Clyde. Garelochhead lies 7 miles northwest of Helensburgh. Loch Lomond is a few miles to the east, and Loch Long to the west.

Whistlefield

Hamlet

Whistlefield is a hamlet on the east shore of Loch Eck on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. It is home to the Category C listed building, the Whistlefield Inn, which was established around 1801–1804. Whistlefield is situated 1½ miles northwest of Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room.

Rahane

Hamlet

Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rahane is a clachan in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of the Gare Loch in the Rosneath peninsula, 2.3 miles south of the larger settlement of Garelochhead and 11 miles northwest by road from the town of Helensburgh. Rahane is situated 2 miles south of Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room.

Garelochhead Training Camp Guard Room

Type: Security checkpoint
Categories: building and military installation
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.07296° or 56° 4′ 23″ north

Longitude

-4.81765° or 4° 49′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C8Q35FJ+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 513071027

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=checkpoint

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