Bowling (Scotland)

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View over the harbor basin after bowling
View over the harbor basin after bowling
Coordinates 55 ° 56 ′  N , 4 ° 29 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′  N , 4 ° 29 ′  W
Bowling (Scotland)
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administration
Post town GLASGOW
ZIP code section G60
prefix 01389
Part of the country Scotland
Council area West Dunbartonshire
British Parliament West Dunbartonshire
Scottish Parliament Dumbarton

Bowling is a village in the Scottish council area of West Dunbartonshire . It is located about five kilometers east-southeast of Dumbarton and 16 km northwest of central Glasgow on the north bank of the Firth of Clyde and at the foot of the Kilpatrick Hills .

Bowling had mills and a brewery in the 18th century . In 1790, the opening of the Forth and Clyde Canal , whose end point is bowling, had a positive effect on the development of the village. At the beginning of the 19th century port facilities were set up and a steamboat connection to Lochgilphead was established. Bowling was also the location of the major whiskey distillery Littlemill . It was founded in 1772 and closed in 1992.

Web links

Commons : Bowling  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. Entry on the Littlemill distillery on maltmadness.com