Cardross

Cardross
Geilston House, by Cardross, owned by the National Trust for Scotland
Cardross is located in Argyll and Bute
Cardross
Cardross
Cardross is located in West Dunbartonshire
Cardross
Cardross
Cardross is located in the United Kingdom
Cardross
Cardross
Population2,070 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS344775
• Edinburgh57 mi (92 km)
• London359 mi (578 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUMBARTON
Postcode districtG82
Dialling code01389
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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55°57′45″N 4°39′10″W / 55.96250°N 4.65278°W / 55.96250; -4.65278

Cardross (Scottish Gaelic: Càrdainn Ros)[2] is a large village with a population of 2,194 (2011)[3] in Scotland, on the north side of the Firth of Clyde, situated halfway between Dumbarton and Helensburgh. Cardross is in the historic geographical county of Dunbartonshire but the modern political local authority of Argyll and Bute.

Cardross Village took its name from the historic parish in which it is located and where King Robert the Bruce lived the final years of his life. The Parish of Cardross stretched in area from the River Leven on the west side of Dumbarton to Camus Eskan (near Helensburgh), and stretched as far north to include the village of Renton in the Vale of Leven.

The distinction between Cardross village and Cardross Parish is particularly important for students of Scottish history. King Robert the Bruce's documented association with ’Cardross’ occurred three centuries prior to the existence of the modern-day village, and at a time when the name referred to the ecclesiastical parish and its church, Cardross Kirk.

The original piece of land known as ’Cardross’ is at the eastern edge of the historic parish and the western point of the confluence of the River Clyde and River Leven at the town of Dumbarton, facing across to Dumbarton Rock and Castle. Today the land is known as “sand point” and sits on the edge of Dumbarton's Levengrove Park.[4] The site of medieval Cardross Kirk, and its remains, sits within Levengrove Park.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Scottish Government Scots Gaelic Translation List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  3. ^ "Scotland (United Kingdom): Council Areas & Localities - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  4. ^ "Scotland (United Kingdom): Council Areas & Localities - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2021-07-28.