Faslane Shiplift
Faslane Shiplift is a dock in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Faslane Shiplift is situated nearby to the pier Valiant Jetty, as well as near the building Belmore House, Faslane.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMNB Clyde and Garelochhead railway station.
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 1,700 feet south of Faslane Shiplift.
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 1 mile north of Faslane Shiplift.
RNAD Coulport
Military installation
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport, shortened to RNAD Coulport, on Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland, is the storage and loading facility for the nuclear warheads of the United Kingdom's Trident programme. RNAD Coulport is situated 2 miles west of Faslane Shiplift.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garelochhead and Rahane.
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.
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.
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 2 miles north of Faslane Shiplift.
Faslane Shiplift
- Type: Dock
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.06558° or 56° 3′ 56″ northLongitude
-4.82198° or 4° 49′ 19″ westOperator
HMNB ClydeOpen location code
9C8Q358H+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 92036176OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dock
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Valiant Jetty and Belmore House, Faslane.
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