Clyde Views

Aurora Video
The Northern Lights seen from Cloch Point in February 2023. This is the Aurora Borealis - in the southern hemisphere it is called Aurora Australis
Submarine Video
Such a beautiful day with the flat calm river like a millpond. A nice send off for the people on the submarine before they spend a few months at sea
Submarine Escort
Faslane Base is just a short distance along the River Clyde from here and submarines along with their escort vessels, are a regular sight
Timelapse Video
Views of the ship traffic and the beautiful backdrop of the Cowal Peninsula in the first week of February in 2018. Looking towards Hunters Quay in Dunoon and the Holy Loch
Hunters Quay
Car ferries traverse the River Clyde every 30 minutes or so from McInroy's Point (about 1 mile from here) to Hunters Quay in Dunoon
Cumbrian Fisher
This vessel is a chemical/oil products tanker built in 2004. She is 127 mts in length overall and has a beam of 20 mts. Her gross tonnage is 8446 tons.
MSC Edith
This is a container ship built in 1998. MSC EDITH has 216 mts length overall and beam of 27 mts. Her gross tonnage is 25219 tons
MSC Preziosa
MSC Preziosa is a Fantasia-class cruise ship and entered service in 2013. Length: 333m, Height: 66.81m, Capacity: 4,345 passengers (max) and a Crew of 1,370. Tonnage: 139,072
Sailing Fraternity
There is a very active sailing fraternity with marina's at Largs and Inverkip just along the coast from here. Largs runs a very popular Regatta every year
PS Waverley
This is the last seagoing passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. Built in 1946. Bought by the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society. Operates passenger excursions around the British coast.
PS Waverley
Waverley makes passenger excursions from various British ports. She regularly sails from Glasgow and Greenock to various destinations along the Firth of Clyde such as Dunoon and Largs
PS Waverley
Her Clyde timetable ends in August then has 6 weeks between Sept. and Oct. in the Bristol Channel, the Solent and the Thames before returning to the Clyde for two sailings in October.
Clyde Estuary
This view of the Clyde Estuary shows Arran and Bute in the background. The point on the left used to be Inverkip Power Station long since demolished
Royal Princess
Built in 2013, the Royal Princess cruise liner can host 3,560 guests and has a crew of 1,346. She is a regular visitor to the Port of Greenock and a majestic sight.
Crystal Symphony
Crystal Symphony is a cruise ship owned and operated by Crystal Cruises. She was built in 1995 at Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Finland. She is the sistership of Crystal Serenity
Stavros S Niarchos
is a British brig-rigged tall ship owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT). She is primarily designed to provide young people with the opportunity to undertake voyages as character-building exercises.
Cloch Lighthouse
Cloch or Cloch Point (Scottish Gaelic: stone) is at the entrance to the park site. There has been a lighthouse there since 1797 to warn ships off The Gantocks
Cloch Lighthouse
An interesting viewpoint of the lighthouse taken by one of our guests in April 2017 and who has kindly let us use this image. Thank you to Russell Stevens
Cloch Lighthouse
The lighthouse with a starry sky backdrop taken by one of our guests in April 2017 and who has kindly let us use this image. Thank you to Russell Stevens
Twilight
The sun is dropping behind Dunoon and catching the mist forming in the stretch of the Holy Loch
Golden skies
The sunsets have to be seen to be believed. Sometimes there are simply astonishing sunsets .
Burning River
The river takes on the colour of the sky and everything turns an eerie shade of pink or orange or purple and then night falls to a beautifully, clear starry sky
Burning River
Submarine video
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Cloch LighthouseAll the images in this gallery have been taken from the park site and give a good representation of the river traffic you are likely to see throughout our 'season'. The exceptions to this are the views of Cloch Lighthouse which were taken adjacent to the lighthouse on the shore level.

The lighthouse is located a few yards from the entrance to the park site. It is not an active lighthouse with a massive beam but it does have radio beacons and a small lamp on top and still provides a warning to vessels of the proximity of 'The Gantocks' (these are a shoal of rocks in the middle of the river).

One of many cruise ships that visit the River ClydeThere is a cruise ship season from May until September when a fleet of cruise ships call into the 'Ocean Terminal' at the port of Greenock - usually for an overnight stay, before continuing their journey's.

Some of the cruise ships are regular visitors and may appear once a week as part of their routes with a sighting of a cruise ship likely every two or three days. Usually they will have an early morning arrival around 6.30am and depart around 6.30 or 7.00pm. The Ocean Terminal has public access to the quayside so it is possible to have a close up view of the ships.

The Paddle Ship WaverleyAnother, very regular sight is the Paddle Steamer Waverley which runs passenger excursions on a daily basis throughout the summer. The schedule has a mix of destinations and ports of call with many trips available to board at Greenock.

Return trips to destinations such as Dunoon, Largs, Rothesay and the isles of Arran, Bute and Cumbrae are part of the regular schedule. 

Submarine with escort heading towards FaslaneThe Navy port of Faslane is a just a few miles away and submarines and other Navy ships are a regular sight throughout the year. There are NATO exercises twice a year (March & August) where many ships of different sizes and from different countries will congregate in the Clyde before and after the exercise.

The submarines sail by on the surface with an escort of perhaps a dozen smaller patrol boats surrounding them until they arrive at the outer reaches of the Clyde before disappearing below the waves for a few months.

Car ferry on the River ClydeThere is a fair amount of commercial shipping with container ships heading for Greenock and plenty of other cargo carrying ships. There are regular ferries from Gourock to Dunoon which offer foot passenger only and car ferry facilities to different area of Dunoon.

Car ferries travel from McInroys Point (Gourck) to Hunters Quay (Dunoon) with Western Ferries and passenger only ferries from Gourock Railway Station to Dunoon Harbour with Argyll Ferries. The car ferry in particular is very useful as it gives easy access to the Highlands and Trossachs (Loch Lomond) for our guest visitors.

 

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