Bowling, West Dunbartonshire

Bowling
Bowling Harbour in 2008
Bowling is located in West Dunbartonshire
Bowling
Bowling
Location within West Dunbartonshire
Population560 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS445737
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG60
Dialling code01389
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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55°55′55″N 4°29′38″W / 55.932°N 4.494°W / 55.932; -4.494

Bowling (Scots: Bowlin,[2][3] Scottish Gaelic: Bolan)[4] is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with a population of 740 (2015).

It lies on the north bank of the Firth of Clyde, between the towns of Clydebank and Dumbarton. It is 1+12 miles (2.5 kilometres) west of Old Kilpatrick which is at one end of the Antonine Wall and therefore represents the extreme limit of the Roman Empire on the west coast of the island of Great Britain.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Andy Eagle. "The Online Scots Dictionary". Scots Online. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  3. ^ List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database". gaelicplacenames.org. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

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