River Clyde Photography: West Kilbride

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Tuesday 27 February 2024

West Kilbride

Looking over the West Kilbride countryside with distant views of the Isle of Arran.

Monday 3 September 2018

Regis 2

Work boat belonging to Coastworks,seen here going under Central station bridge on her way to Albert bridge to inspect the piers.

Tuesday 7 March 2017

Law Castle

Law Castle West Kilbride for more information and pictures click HERE

Saturday 3 September 2016

Weat Kilbride

Celtic cross in West Kilbride cemetery with the mountains of the Isle of Arran in the background.

Tuesday 22 December 2015

West Kilbride

Post Card West Kilbride.

River Clyde Photography

Over half of Scotland’s population lives within a short distance of the River Clyde, from its humble beginnings in South Lanarkshire where it is created by two streams the Patrail Water and the Daer Water, the two streams meet at Watermeetings where the River Clyde starts.

It’s not long before it reaches picturesque Lanark and its famous waterfalls. It eventually finds its way to Glasgow who’s citizens in the 18^th century narrowed and deepened and ultimately industrialised the river making it one of the most famous shipbuilding rivers in the world, Glasgow did indeed make the Clyde and of course the Clyde made Glasgow, at its peak the Clyde shipyards built a fifth of the worlds ships.

During the 2^nd world war Winston Churchill said that “Liverpool and Glasgow were the lungs in which the country breathed through”. Ship building along with heavy industry is all but dead on the Clyde, the majority of our industrial heritage was swept away in the 70s and 80s leaving few traces of the rivers famous past.

Leaving Glasgow, the Clyde broadens as you pass the towns of Dumbarton, Port Glasgow and Greenock, who all played a part in making the Clyde famous through shipbuilding.

At the Tail of the Bank the river broadens once more and becomes the firth with its many sea lochs coastal towns and villages.

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Tuesday 27 February 2024

West Kilbride

Monday 3 September 2018

Regis 2

Tuesday 7 March 2017

Law Castle

Saturday 3 September 2016

Weat Kilbride

Tuesday 22 December 2015

West Kilbride

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