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Where is Helensburgh?

Helensburgh is located in the county of Dunbartonshire, Scotland, four miles north of the town of Greenock, 22 miles north-west of the major city of Glasgow, 60 miles west of Edinburgh, 319 miles north of Cardiff, and 363 miles north-west of London. Helensburgh lies three miles north-west of the Renfrewshire border. Helensburgh falls within the unitary authority of Argyll and Bute. It is in the G84 postcode district. The post town for Helensburgh is Helensburgh.

Helensburgh on a map

Map showing extent of Helensburgh as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Helensburgh
Map showing location of Helensburgh within the UK
Location of Helensburgh within the UK

Which county is Helensburgh in?

Helensburgh is in the ceremonial county of Dunbartonshire, the historic county of Dunbartonshire, and the administrative county of Argyll and Bute.

Ceremonial CountyDunbartonshire
Historic CountyDunbartonshire
Administrative CountyArgyll and Bute

Where is Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire?

Helensburgh is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Dunbartonshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Dunbartonshire.

Map showing location of Helensburgh within Dunbartonshire
Location of Helensburgh within Dunbartonshire

What is the postcode for Helensburgh?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Helensburgh is G84 7QF.

Where is Helensburgh in G84?

Helensburgh is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the G84 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the G84 postcode district.

Map showing location of Helensburgh within G84
Location of Helensburgh within G84

What is the post town for Helensburgh?

The post town for Helensburgh is Helensburgh. Helensburgh is in the G84 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Helensburgh.

What is the latitude and longitude of Helensburgh?

The centre of Helensburgh is located at position 56.00394° latitude and -4.7334° longitude.

Latitude56.00394°
Longitude-4.7334°

What is the easting and northing of Helensburgh?

The centre of Helensburgh is located at the grid reference easting 229659 and northing 682371 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting229659
Northing682371

What are the nearest towns to Helensburgh?

Position of Helensburgh relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Helensburgh to the centre of the town.

north
4m
Helensburgh is 4 miles north of Greenock
north-east
4m
Helensburgh is 4 miles north-east of Gourock
north
5m
Helensburgh is 5 miles north of Port Glasgow
west
6m
Helensburgh is 6 miles west of Alexandria
north-west
8m
Helensburgh is 8 miles north-west of Dumbarton
east
8m
Helensburgh is 8 miles east of Dunoon
north-west
12m
Helensburgh is 12 miles north-west of Erskine
north-west
14m
Helensburgh is 14 miles north-west of Clydebank
north-west
14m
Helensburgh is 14 miles north-west of Johnstone
north
15m
Helensburgh is 15 miles north of Largs

What are the nearest cities to Helensburgh?

Position of Helensburgh relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Helensburgh to the centre of the city.

north-west
22m
Helensburgh is 22 miles north-west of Glasgow
west
32m
Helensburgh is 32 miles west of Stirling
west
49m
Helensburgh is 49 miles west of Dunfermline
south-west
57m
Helensburgh is 57 miles south-west of Perth
west
60m
Helensburgh is 60 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
75m
Helensburgh is 75 miles south-west of Dundee
south
104m
Helensburgh is 104 miles south of Inverness
north-west
105m
Helensburgh is 105 miles north-west of Carlisle
south-west
128m
Helensburgh is 128 miles south-west of Aberdeen
north-west
142m
Helensburgh is 142 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne