Balloch
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Balloch Scottish Gaelic Bealach |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 0 ′ N , 4 ° 35 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 1440 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | ALEXANDRIA | ||
| ZIP code section | G83 | ||
| prefix | 01389 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Lieutenancy Area | Dunbartonshire | ||
| Council area | West Dunbartonshire | ||
| Civil Parish | Bonhill | ||
| British Parliament | West Dunbartonshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Dumbarton | ||
| Website: www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk | |||
Balloch is a small town in West Dunbartonshire in Scotland with about 1440 inhabitants.
location
It is located on the southwest tip on the banks of Loch Lomond . In the west, the A82 leads directly past the city, in the south are the neighboring towns of Jamestown and Alexandria. The name comes from the Gaelic word bal , which means "village", so Balloch means "village on the hole".
history
The Castle Balloch Castle belonged to the Earls of Lennox , the to 1390 owned the land here from 1238th A railway line has been running from Glasgow to Balloch since 1850, also to take day trippers to the steamer excursions on the loch that have been in existence since 1817 .
Worth seeing
- Drumkinnon Tower , postmodern castle on the banks of the lake. This is where the newly built Loch Lomond Shores Visitor Center for tourism is located.
- Balloch Castle was built on the site of a 13th century castle by the architect Robert Lugar in 1808 for John Buchanan of Ardoch. The associated rhododendron park is well known.
- Boturich Castle , a castle from the first half of the 19th century on the south-east bank of Loch Lomond, less than two kilometers north of Balloch Castle
Web links
Commons : Balloch - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Balloch Travel Guide
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Information about Balloch at visit-balloch.com ( Memento from April 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )