Port Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Port Glasgow stands on the south bank of the River Clyde some 18 miles north west of the centre of Glasgow. It is the second largest of the three towns in Inverclyde, the largest being Greenock, which shares its riverside setting and can be found some three miles further north west. The town is well served by the A8 dual carriageway road, which runs along the river valley, and by rail services which do likewise.

There was probably a fishing village on the south bank of the River Clyde here when, in about 1480, George Maxwell, who had inherited the Barony of Finlaystone two years earlier, began to build his "New Werke of Finlastoun" beside the river. The name seems to have migrated from "New Werke" to "Newark" quite swiftly, and Newark Castle still stands, less than half a mile from the centre of Port Glasgow.