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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
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His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde, primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. 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 town on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the nearest town to the HMNB Clyde naval base. 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″ northLongitude
-4.81765° or 4° 49′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C8Q35FJ+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 513071027OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=checkpoint
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