Greenock
Sign in to saveGreenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east.
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Greenock is a town in western Scotland that serves as the administrative center for Inverclyde Council and sits within a larger urban area between the towns of Gourock and Port Glasgow. Historically a burgh in Renfrewshire, it remains an important local administrative hub in Scotland's west central Lowlands.
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Key facts
- UK place.dial_code
- 01475
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.type
- Town and administrative centre
- UK place.official_name
- Greenock
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Grianaig
- UK place.scots_name
- Greenock
- UK place.population
- 42,870
- UK place.population_demonym
- Greenockian
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 12.7
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS275764
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Inverclyde
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Renfrewshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
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- History
- Name
- Early history
- Fishing villages, harbours and shipbuilding
- Custom House and steamboats
- Industry and railways
- Second World War
- Post–war years
- Governance
- Climate
- Education
- Health
- Economy
- Economic history
- Shipbuilding
- Shipping
- Sugar
- Electronics
- Trade and commerce
- Transport
- Culture
- In television
- In film
- In literature
- Media
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- People with other connections
- Sports
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Greenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east.
The 2022 Census for Scotland showed that Greenock had a population of 42,870, a decrease from the 44,248 recorded in the 2011 UK Census. It lies on the south bank of the Clyde at the "Tail of the Bank" where the River Clyde deepens into the Firth of Clyde.