Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute, Scotland, Drive Through

Drive down A818 - Sinclair Drive - Left on to E Clyde Street out to Colgrain Roundabout, back to the Town with a wee Detour to visit the New Leisure Centre then continue along W Clyde Street towards Garelochead

Helensburgh,( Scottish Gaelic: Baile Eilidh ) is an affluent coastal town on the north side of the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, situated at the mouth of the Gareloch. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it became part of Argyll and Bute following local government reorganisation in 1996.

Helensburgh is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Glasgow. The town faces south towards Greenock across the Firth of Clyde, which is approximately 3 miles (5 km) wide at this point. Ocean-going ships can call at Greenock, but the shore at Helensburgh is very shallow, although to the west of the town the Gareloch is deep.

In upper Helensburgh, developed by wealthy Victorian Glasgow merchants, is Hill House, now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. This exquisite building, complete with original furnishings, is renowned as the finest domestic masterpiece of the internationally famous Scots architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Watch the GoMadGo Youtube video for a stroll around the outside top walkway of Hill House at..
   • The Hill House, "Boxed " ,Charles Ren...  

Other famous local connections include Henry Bell, originator of the steamship and John Logie Baird, the inventor of television.

More Historical Information can be got at .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helensb...
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https://www.visitscotland.com/info/to...

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