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Branchton railway station
Branchton railway station is a railway station in Scotland opened in 1967 under British Rail located in the south-west of the town of Greenock, beside the area called Branchton. The station is on the Inverclyde Line, 24+3⁄4 mi (40 km) west of Glasgow Central. The station is managed by ScotRail.
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Branchton
Branchton (Scots: Branchtoun, Scottish Gaelic: Brainsdean) is an area of the town of Greenock, in Inverclyde, Scotland. Tenements used to dominate the area, which acquired a reputation as socially disadvantaged, but a recent cash injection means that the area is being redeveloped with new housing and community projects.
Branchton railway station is on the Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central line. The road up to the Branchton houses from the main A78 Inverkip road rises up an embankment and over a railway bridge just to the north of the station.
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Ravenscraig Hospital
Ravenscraig Hospital was a mental health facility in Inverkip Road, Greenock, Scotland. It was managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
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Inverclyde Academy
Inverclyde Academy (Scottish Gaelic: Acadamaidh Inbhir Chluaidh) is a secondary school in Greenock, Scotland that provides education to the majority of the Inverclyde area. The catchment area for the Academy stretches from the Inverclyde border at Wemyss Bay to Greenock's East End and Strone Farm areas.
The school was created by the amalgamation of Greenock High School and Wellington Academy and cost £29 million to open.
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Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Inverclyde Royal Hospital is a district general hospital in Greenock which serves a population area of 125,000 consisting of Inverclyde (including Greenock), Largs, Isle of Bute and Cowal Peninsula. Inverclyde Royal Hospital is one of three main hospitals in the South Clyde area, alongside Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria and Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.