Shandon
in Argyll and Bute of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Glasgow International Airport (18 mi) - Oban Airport (37 mi)
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (38 mi)
- Campbeltown Airport (54 mi)
- Glenforsa Airfield (54 mi)
- Colonsay Airstrip (56 mi)
- Edinburgh Airport (56 mi)
- Perth/Scone Airport (61 mi)
- George Best Belfast City Airport (107 mi)
- Belfast International Airport (110 mi)
- Helensburgh Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Cowal Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Cardross Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Port Glasgow Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Wee Demon Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Vale Of Leven Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Gleddoch Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Kilmacolm Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Skelmorlie Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Routenburn Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Fairlie Quay Marina (marina, (19 mi)
- Largs Yacht Haven (marina, (18 mi)
- Kip Marina (marina, (9 mi)
- Port Bannatyne Marina (marina, (16 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 56.039 and -4.803 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 56° 2' 22" and W -4° 48' 9"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:00 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:30 am and 9:02 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.483 and 169.700 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pounawea - References
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- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-05-02 08:23:34
Discover Shandon
Shandon in Argyll and Bute (Scotland) is a town in United Kingdom about 367 mi (or 590 km) north-west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Shandon is now 10:00 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports near Shandon, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Glasgow International Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 30 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. We discovered 4 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Greenock, Dumbarton, Paisley, Irvine and Kilmarnock. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
| Morning Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
| Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 63% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 86% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Friday, 3rd of May 2024
14°C (58 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
11°C (52 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Knockderry Country House Hotel
Rosslea Hall
Ardencaple Hotel
Clutha View Holiday Apartment
TRAVELODGE HELENSBURGH SEAFRONT
Videos from this area
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Ancestry Genealogy Photographs Helensburgh Argyll And Bute Scotland
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Holiday On Ice - Brest - Arena - 2015
Helensburgh fireworks 2011
Helensburgh Fireworks organised by the Round Table in Helensburgh.
Three Lochs Way - Helensburgh to Fruin path.
Three Lochs Way, at the top of the new(ish) Helensburgh to Fruin path. Panning Left to Right is Glen Fruin, Loch Lomond, Ben Bouie/Bowie, Ardmore Point, River Clyde, Helensburgh.
PS Waverley. Engines & Paddle Wheel leaving Helensburgh 02-07-11.
PS Waverleys engines and port paddle wheel leaving Helensburgh on the return leg of the days cruise. Backing out of Helensburgh due to Low Water around the pier.
Helensburgh skate park edit
Lots of cool videos from Helensburgh skate park of BMX, scooter and skates.
The River Clyde at Helensburgh
Looking towards Helensburgh from the pier - and then round to the Rosneath peninsula. June 2014.
Sollerökören (Sollerö Choir) at St Columba Helensburgh
Sollerökören (Sollerö Choir) at St Columba Helensburgh.
Crowded Croft, Helensburgh Sailing Club
Crowded Croft play a Strip the Willow set at Helensburgh Sailing Club's Burns Ceilidh.
Helensburgh Scotland, Fireworks 2010
A short clip of the fireworks in Helensburgh, November 2010.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Faslane (bay)
Faslane on Gare Loch is the name of a bay near the village of Garelochhead, and is now the main part of HM Naval Base Clyde in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, as well as being a Defence Logistics Organisation port, operated in dual site organisation with Great Harbour, Greenock, by Serco Denholm. Faslane is currently home to United Kingdom's Trident SSBN submarines There is also Faslane Peace Camp outside the base, protesting since 1982 against the nuclear missiles and submarines there.
Gare Loch
The Gare Loch or Gareloch is a sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
HMNB Clyde
Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde (also HMS Neptune) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Royal Navy. It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles.
Faslane Peace Camp
Faslane Peace Camp is a permanent peace camp sited alongside Faslane Naval base in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations, since 12 June 1982. In 1984 the book Faslane:Diary of a Peace Camp was published, co-written by the members of the peacecamp at the time.
Rhu
Rhu is a village and historic parish on the east shore of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The traditional spelling of its name was Row, but it was changed in the 1920s so that outsiders would pronounce it correctly. The name derives from the Scots Gaelic rudha meaning 'point'. It lies north-west of the town of Helensburgh on the Firth of Clyde, in the historic county of Dunbartonshire.
Shandon, Argyll
Shandon is a village 4 miles north-north west of Rhu on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Formerly in the county of Dunbartonshire, it developed alongside other similar settlements in the area from a hamlet to a fashionable residential area for wealthy Glasgow merchants.
Faslane Castle, Shandon Castle, and St Michael's Chapel
Faslane Castle and Shandon Castle were two mediaeval Scottish castles which once stood between the towns Garelochhead and Helensburgh, near the shores of the Gare Loch, in Argyll and Bute. In the 19th century, the castles were thought to have dated back to the Middle Ages. At that time period, they were situated in within the mormaerdom of Lennox, which was controlled by the mormaers of Lennox.
Clynder
Clynder is a place on the western shore of the Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Historically in the County of Dunbarton, Clynder is one of a string of small settlements on the Rosneath Peninsula. It is almost directly opposite Rhu, and overlooks the HMNB Clyde base at Faslane. The hills immediately behind Clynder were formerly used as apiaries, the types of heather found there being particularly attractive to bees.
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