Argyll and Bute

West Clyde Street, Helensburgh

Helensburgh

East Princess Street, Helensburgh

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, 24 miles (38 km) north west of Glasgow Queen Street railway station. Quoted from Wikipedia.

AN ICONIC feature of Helensburgh is Colquhoun Square. Quoted from The Colquhoun Square Story by Alistair McIntyre (Helensburgh Heritage website) .

The story of Helensburgh's piers by Alistair McIntyre

This memorial commemorates the residents of Campbeltown who were killed or missing in World War I (405 names) and World War II (118 names). Quoted from Traces of War .

The Tower is a multi-use Digital Arts Centre situated in the middle of Helensburgh showing all the latest Blockbuster movies and fabulous live content from the likes of The National Theatre, The Bolshoi Ballet and English National Opera to name but a few. Quoted from the Visit Scotland website .

...there is little doubt that Colquhoun Square has come to be regarded as one of those places that helps define the nature and special character of Helensburgh. Quoted from an article by Alistair McIntyre on the Helensburgh Heritage website .

The Comet flywheel and Henry Bell's anvil resited on Helensburgh's East Bay, close to the original jetty, as part of the Helensburgh bicentenary celebrations. It was formerly in Hermitage Park. Quoted from the Helensburgh Heritage website .

A special local form of transport is the paddle steamer Waverley which calls in to Helensburgh pier during summer sailings. It advertises itself as the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world and was launched in 1946 for service from Craigendoran pier; however Craigendoran pier is now derelict, services having been withdrawn in 1972. Quoted from Wikipedia .

1851 William Lees, aged 16, becomes apprentice shoemaker. Six feet behind you, is the site of the corner shop, where he proudly works his trade. The wee shoes here, are cast from four little shoes he crafts to evidence his skill as a cobbler. His great, great, great granddaughter treasures the original wee shoes, in her home, in Helensburgh. The Wee Shoes on the Outdoor Museum website .

Cardross Churchyard on the CWGC website

Rhu and Shandon Parish Church dates from 1851 and stands on the site of an 18th-century predecessor. Amongst those buried in the kirkyard is Henry Bell, whose Comet was the world's first commercially successful steamship. In 1851 the marine engineer Robert Napier built the statue which today marks Bell's grave. Quoted from Wikipedia .

The Gare Loch or Gareloch is a sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. A sea loch aligned north-south, Gare Loch is 10 kilometres long with an average width of 1.5 kilometres. At its southern end it opens into the Firth of Clyde through the Rhu narrows. The village of Rosneath lies on the western shore just north of Rosneath Point and gives the name Rosneath Peninsula to the whole body of land separating the Gare Loch from Loch Long to the west. The area lies in the Lieutenancy area and former county of Dunbartonshire. Quoted from Wikipedia .

Henry Bell (7 April 1767 – 14 March 1830) was a Scottish engineer known for introducing the first successful passenger steamboat service in Europe. Bell died at Helensburgh in 1830, aged 62. He was interred in the Rhu churchyard. Quoted from Wikipedia .

RFA Tiderace is a Tide-class replenishment tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). Ordered from DSME in 2012, she was officially named on 1 December 2016 and was accepted by the Ministry of Defence in June 2017. Tiderace entered service on 2 August 2018. Quoted from Wikipedia .