Old Kilpatrick

Old Kilpatrick (en écossais : Auld Kilpaitrick, en gaélique écossais : Cille Phàdraig, ce qui signifie « l’église de Patrick »), est un village du West Dunbartonshire, en Écosse. Il a une population estimée à 4 820 habitants. Il appartenait à la paroisse de Old Kilpatrick qui elle-même n’était forte que de quelques milliers de personnes. Le canal de Forth et Clyde sépare Old Kilpatrick de la rive nord de la rivière Clyde, qui se trouve à quelques mètres au-delà au sud. Le village est à environ 5 km à l’ouest de Clydebank, sur la route à l’ouest de Dumbarton où certains disent que la rivière devient le Firth of Clyde. La Great Western Road traverse le village dont le voisin immédiat à l’ouest, sur la route et le canal, est Bowling, où le canal Forth and Clyde rencontre la rivière. La route moderne A82 part vers le nord, entre le village et le pied des Kilpatrick Hills. Au XIXe siècle, Old Kilpatrick a été décrit comme étant essentiellement une seule rue. Il est possible que le lieu de naissance de Saint Patrick soit situé près de Old Kilpatrick.

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Old Kilpatrick

Old Kilpatrick (Scots: Auld Kilpaitrick, Scottish Gaelic: Cille Phàdraig meaning "Patrick's church"), is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The name Old Kilpatrick is said to be derived from St. Patrick ostensibly being born here. It has an estimated population of 4,820. It belonged to the parish of Old Kilpatrick which itself was only a few thousand people strong. The Forth and Clyde Canal separates Old Kilpatrick from the north bank of the River Clyde which is just a few metres beyond it to the south. The village is about three miles (five kilometres) west of Clydebank, on the road west to Dumbarton where some say the river becomes the Firth of Clyde. The Great Western Road runs through the village whose immediate western neighbour, on the road and the canal, is Bowling, where the Forth and Clyde Canal meets the river. The modern A82 road runs to the north, between the village and the foot of the Kilpatrick Hills. In the 19th century it was described as being essentially a single street. It's possible the birthplace of Saint Patrick was near Old Kilpatrick.

Kilpatrick railway station

Kilpatrick railway station serves the village of Old Kilpatrick in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line, between Dalmuir and Bowling. It is situated 11 miles 17 chains (18.0 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.

Old Kilpatrick railway station

Old Kilpatrick railway station was located in the village of Old Kilpatrick, Scotland on the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway. The station opened in 1896 and was closed in 1964 (along with much of the L&DR route) as part of the route rationalisation plan associated with the North Clyde electrification scheme. As in 2025 the platforms still remain in situ and the trackbed between them is flooded.

Donald's Quay

Donald's Quay was once the location of the northern terminus of the Erskine Ferry then run by Lord Blantyre of Erskine House that provided foot passengers with a crossing of the River Clyde, giving direct access between Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire. At some point in the early 19th century the northern terminus of the Erskine Ferry moved to a site closer to Old Kilpatrick and opposite the Ferry House at Erskine, before closure in 1971 when the Erskine Bridge was completed. Donald's Quay once had an approximately 170-foot-long (52-metre) stone pier that was used by coal boats that transferred their loads into canal barges on the Forth & Clyde Canal at Ferrydyke Wharf and thereby avoided paying fees at the Bowling Basin. The quay was demolished during the construction of the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway in 1896.

St Patrick's Rock

St Patrick's Rock or St Patrick's Stone is located in the River Clyde (NS461724) close to the Erskine Bridge and the old Erskine Ferry on the Renfrewshire side of the river. It is reputedly the location from which the 16 year old Saint Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates whilst he was fishing. The rock is covered at high tide and it is also the location of a navigation light known as St Patrick's Light.