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HMNB Clyde lies on the eastern shore of Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, to the north of the Firth of Clyde and 25 mi (40 km) west of Glasgow. The submarine base encompasses a number of separate sites, the primary two being: Faslane, 25 miles from Glasgow; RNAD Coulport, beside Loch Long, 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Faslane.
Faslane Peace Camp. Coordinates: 56°2′46″N 4°48′27″W. Faslane Peace Camp is a permanent peace camp sited alongside Faslane Naval base in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations, since 12 June 1982. In 1984, the book Faslane:Diary of a Peace Camp was published, co-written by the ...
Faslane (bay) Coordinates: 56°3′53″N 4°49′20″W. Faslane Bay. Faslane (Gaelic: Am Fas Leathann) on Gare Loch is the name of a bay near the village of Garelochhead, and is now the main part of HM Naval Base Clyde in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, as well as being a Defence Logistics Organisation port, operated in dual site organisation with ...
Faslane Castle. Faslane Castle (grid reference) is a castle which once stood near Faslane, in Argyll and Bute (and also within the old county of Dunbartonshire).The site of the castle is located about 1.7 miles (3 km) north of the modern town of Shandon; and about 1 mile (2 km) south of the town of Garelochhead.
Trident is based at HMNB Clyde on the west coast of Scotland. The base consists of two facilities — Faslane Naval Base on Gare Loch near Helensburgh, and an ordnance depot with 16 concrete bunkers set into a hillside at Coulport, 4 km (2.5 mi) to the west. Faslane was constructed and first used as a base during the Second World War.
Helensburgh (/ ˈhɛlənzbərə /; Scottish Gaelic: Baile Eilidh) is a coastal town on the north side of the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, situated at the mouth of the Gareloch. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it is administered by Argyll and Bute council following local government reorganisation in 1996.
Faslane Branch. The Faslane Branch was a standard gauge military railway built during World War II to serve "Military Port No.1" at Faslane, west of Glasgow in Scotland. Latterly, the branch was used to serve the ship breaking activities at Faslane.
Closed. Faslane Platform railway station or Faslane Junction Platform railway station was a temporary private railway station [2] located near the Stuckendoff PoW camp, Shandon, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Opened in 1945 by the LNER in connection with the construction of the Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric facility and was located on the Shandon side ...