DAYS OUT IN COULPORT
One of our favourite day out in Scotland not too far from our home in Clydebank.
Coulport has a rocky beach and has great amounts of sea birds to be seen.
It was the original location of the giant conservatory known as the Kibble Palace (now in Glasgow's Botanic Garden). John Kibble was one of several wealthy Glasgow merchants who had large villas built at Coulport in the nineteenth century either as permanent residences or summer retreats. Several still survive, some now flatted, others in a dilapidated condition.
Since the 1960s Coulport has been most associated with the Trident missile storage and the nearby Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD Coulport) situated there as part of HMNB Clyde.
Coulport is a village on the east side of Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
It is 5 miles north-north-west of Cove on the Rosneath peninsula. It marks the end of the B833 shore road, although the village can also be reached by a high-quality but unclassified access road (primarily designed for naval traffic) directly from Garelochhead. The village looks across to the small settlement of Ardentinny on the west shore.
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TAKE THE FERRY FROM KILCREGAN TO GOUROCK
Kilcreggan is a delightful, quiet little place, with pubs, accommodation and general stores. It sits in a commanding position, looking down the Firth and over to Gourock and Greenock. From here the Clyde is spread out before you in all directions and when the weather is fine, it is a great sun trap.
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ALAN OLIVE AND LORNA 1962 COULPORT