Rosneath
Sign in to saveRosneath () is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It sits on the western shore of the Gare Loch, northwest of the tip of the Rosneath Peninsula. It is about by road from the village of Kilcreggan, which is sited on the southern shore of the peninsula, on the Firth of Clyde.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rosneath
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,260
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Ros Neimhidh
- UK place.official_name
- Rosneath
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Rosneath, Juno & Saturn 24410.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- View from caravan site at Castle Point, looking northwest across Rosneath Bay to the pier and village
- UK place.static_image_width
- 200px
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Argyll and Bute
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Dunbartonshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Dumbarton
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS 25447 83210
- UK place.post_town
- Helensburgh
- UK place.postcode_area
- G
- UK place.postcode_district
- G84
- UK place.dial_code
- 01436
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1240
- Image
- Rosneath, Juno & Saturn 24410.jpg
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- Rosneath
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Rosneath () is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It sits on the western shore of the Gare Loch, northwest of the tip of the Rosneath Peninsula. It is about by road from the village of Kilcreggan, which is sited on the southern shore of the peninsula, on the Firth of Clyde.
The Gare Loch narrows at Rosneath to under half a mile (around 600 metres) at a place known as the Rhu Narrows, after the village of Rhu on the eastern shore of the loch.
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