Mar Hall - Izeria

Mar Hall is a 5-star hotel and golf resort in Bishopton, Renfrewshire. It is situated in Erskine House, a category A listed building. Formerly the building was the Erskine Hospital.

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Erskine Castle

Erskine Castle was a castle, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, south of the River Clyde, on the shore.

Erskine Veterans Charity, commonly known as just Erskine, is a veterans care and support non-profit organisation headquartered in Erskine, Renfrewshire, but operating across the Central Belt of Scotland and in Moray. It provides a range of services to British Armed Forces, veterans of all ages and their families, who live in Scotland. It is most renowned for its long-term nursing, dementia and end-of-life medical care, as well as a growing range of support services. It supports veterans through two care homes in Bishopton nr Glasgow and Edinburgh, and a Veterans Village, comprising 44 cottages, a Veterans Activity Centre (EVAC W), five assisted living apartments and 23 "Transitional Support apartments" (TSA) for service-leavers and working-age veterans. A second Erskine Veterans Activity Centre (EVAC N) opened in Forres nr Inverness in late 2024. Additionally, Erskine now offers a "Support at Home" service in limited areas of Scotland. The charity first established itself as Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers in 1916. It was created through Scotland's compassionate response to her sons returning physically and mentally shattered by the horrors of trench and naval warfare in the First World War. Its name was then shortened to Erskine Hospital and then simply "Erskine" in later years. The charity has gone on to offer help to British veterans of every subsequent war and become the foremost veterans charity in the country.

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.