Greenfield Wood

Greenfield Wood is a forest in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Greenfield Wood is situated nearby to the village Garelochhead, as well as near the locality North Fernicarry Wood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include HMNB Clyde and Garelochhead railway station.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Portincaple

Hamlet

Photo: Hamiltonstone, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Portincaple is a hamlet on the shores of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was once a fishing village sending its catch to market via the old railway station at Whistlefield.

Greenfield Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.0801° or 56° 4′ 48″ north

Longitude

-4.824° or 4° 49′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C8Q35JG+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 931146003

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as North Fernicarry Wood and Mambeg.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Garelochhead and Gibson Hall.

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