Greenisle Plantation

Places of Interest

Helensburgh Central railway station

Railway station

Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Helensburgh Central railway station serves the town of Helensburgh on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited 24 miles 31 chains from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Singer and Maryhill.

MV Captayannis

Disaster remains

Photo: Hassanghani, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Captayannis was a Greek sugar-carrying vessel that sank in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland in 1974. Known as the Sugar Boat locally.

St Michael and All Angels’ Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Helensburgh

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Helensburgh is a town in Argyll and Bute, on the north bank of the River Clyde 30 miles west of Glasgow, at the opening of Gare Loch. It developed from the 19th century once ferries and the railway connected it to Glasgow: wealthy business people built their villas here, and made sure to keep heavy industry away from their bosky avenues.

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.

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.

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