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unusual facts about Wemyss Bay


Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway

The Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway was a railway owned by the Caledonian Railway, providing services between Greenock and Wemyss Bay.


Admiralty Research Laboratory

During the First World War, the Anti-Submarine Division of the Admiralty had established experimental stations at Hawkcraig (Aberdour) and Parkeston Quay, Harwich, without-stations at Dartmouth and Wemyss Bay, to work on submarine detection methods.

Inverclyde Line

The branch heads through the southern suburbs of Greenock to Wemyss Bay, where it connects with ferry services to Rothesay on the island of Bute.


see also

Arlene Stuart

Stuart left Grampian in the mid-nineties to become a presenter of Scottish Television's children's magazine show Wemyss Bay 902101 before joining BBC Scotland as an announcer and transmission director.

Castle Wemyss

It is reputed that Trollope wrote part of Barchester Towers whilst at Wemyss Bay, and that 'Portray Castle' in The Eustace Diamonds was based on Castle Wemyss.