Helensburgh is in South West Scotland and is the birthplace of "John Logie Baird", the inventor of television.

Get in

It is around 30 miles west of Glasgow.

By car

Helensburgh can be accessed via the A82/A814.

By train

Regular trains run from Helensburgh Central to and from Glasgow. A few services a day also run frin Helensburgh Upper to and from Oban and Fort William.

Get around

Buses run services into most of the town's areas on a regular basis until around 11pm at night. Regular buses also run to Glasgow and various other outlaying villages and towns.

See

• Hill House - A house designed by renound architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh
• Glenarn, Rhu - Open daily 21st March - 21st September from sunrise to sunset. 1 mile west of Helensburgh off the A814 in the conservation village of Rhu. A special woodland garden with a Himalayan atmosphere where you can walk under superb giant species rhododendrons or look out across the Gareloch
• Henry Bell Monument - West Clyde Street. Erected in memory of Henry Bell, first Provost of the town in 1807 and builder of the Comet paddle-steamer in 1812 to link Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh.

Do

• Waverley Paddle Steamer - Sails from Helensburgh to Inellan, Dunoon,Rothesay and round the Kyles of Bute during the summer season.

Buy

As well as its supermarkets and multiple stores, Helensburgh has a great variety of privately owned retail shops and other businesses. There are hotels, restaurants, pubs, cafés and coffee shops, some with outside tables in the square.

Eat

Drink

Helensburgh has many pubs and restaurants to choose from.

Sleep

Helensburgh has a wide mix of accommodation from homely B&Bs/guest houses to hotels.

Get out