Kilcreggan
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The village of Kilcreggan in Scotland developed on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde at a time when Clyde steamers brought it within easy reach of Glasgow at about 25 miles (40 km) west of the centre of Glasgow by boat. Its location at the end of the Rosneath Peninsula, between the Gare Loch and Loch Long, makes the journey 38 miles (60 km) by road. The B833 minor road runs along the shore for the length of the village then cuts north inland just to the east of Kilcreggan pier rather than going east along the shore past Portkil bay to Rosneath Point. About 2 miles (3 km) north of Kilcreggan the road reaches the village of Rosneath then continues north along the shores of the Gare Loch.
The majority of the houses look south across the Clyde towards the towns of Gourock and Greenock, and further down the firth towards the Isle of Arran. Image:Kilcreggan in winter.jpg Image:Kilcreggan Pier.jpg
Large attractive houses continue westwards from the pier towards Baron's Point which marks the southern entrance to Loch Long, almost to the adjoining village of Cove which looks across Cove Bay towards Blairmore only about 2 miles (3 km) distant, but separated by the deep waters of Loch Long. To the east of the pier, houses at Portkil extend down to Portkil bay, and the 413 foot (126 m) hill at Rosneath home farm is topped by a television mast.
A ferry, usually the Kenilworth, provides a regular service from Kilcreggan pier across the Gareloch to Helensburgh and across the Clyde to Gourock.
Kilcreggan is in the historic county of Dunbartonshire, and is now under Argyll and Bute Council. Before the local government reorganisation in 1975 it formed part of the Joint Burgh of Cove and Kilcreggan. It then formed part of Dumbarton District and Strathclyde Region until the reorganisation of the 1990s.