Balloch Country Park
Balloch Country Park is a 200-acre country park on the southern tip of Loch Lomond in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was recognised as a country park in 1980, and it is the only country park in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland's first national park.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: country park in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Balloch Castle Country Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Balloch Castle and Balloch railway station.
Balloch Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balloch Castle is an early 19th-century country house situated at the southern tip of Loch Lomond, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Balloch was a property of the Lennox family from the 11th century, and the old castle was built in the 13th century.
Balloch railway station
Railway station
Photo: PEPSI697, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balloch railway station is a railway station serving the town of Balloch in Scotland. The station is a western terminus of the North Clyde Line, sited 20 miles 38 chains northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill. Balloch railway station is situated 3,300 feet south of Balloch Country Park.
Boturich Castle
Castle
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boturich Castle is situated 1 mile north of Balloch Country Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balloch and Jamestown.
Balloch
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balloch is a town on Clydeside in central Scotland, on the southern shore of Loch Lomond. It expanded from 1850 when the railway arrived, bringing trippers from Glasgow to the pier, whence boats and charabancs conveyed them around the loch.
Jamestown
Village
Jamestown is a village in the Vale of Leven conurbation in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Located on the east bank of the River Leven, it is sandwiched between Balloch to the north and Bonhill to the south.
Alexandria
Town
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alexandria is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The town is on the River Leven, three miles north of Dumbarton and 15 mi north-west of Glasgow. Alexandria is situated 1½ miles south of Balloch Country Park.
Balloch Country Park
- Categories: country park and recreation area
- Location: West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.01141° or 56° 0′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.58322° or 4° 34′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C8Q2C68+HPOpenStreetMap ID
way 593436212OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q4851823
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Satellite Map
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Walled Garden and North Lodge, Balloch Castle.
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