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Geils Avenue, DUMBARTON, G82 2QG

Residential street near the Dumbuck warehouses.

In the 1960s the former Caledonian Railway route between Glasgow and Dumbarton was closed to passengers and the roughly parallel former North British Railway route was electrified. At Dumbuck, east of Dumbarton, British Railways put in a new connection between the two routes and it was the North British line that was closed and the Caledonian route through Dumbarton East station that was electrified. Most of this section of the North British route was eventually converted into a footpath and cycleway and is seen here behind Geils Avenue, about a mile east of Dumbarton.

The picture was taken from Image; the path leads to Second Avenue, and lies between Image and High Mains Avenue. Geils was the name of a prominent family in the area (more details can be found near the end of the item Image); the other street name is a reference to High Mains of Colquhoun, on which see Image

The picture was taken from the junction with Image A cycle route (NCN7; see Image for a nearby part of that route) follows Third Avenue, but leaves the road at the lower-left corner of the image (compare Image, a view along the cycle path towards this corner of the road). It continues from that point as a footpath and cycle route, in a wooded area between the busy A82 and some bonded warehouses: Image

This is a view from a little further ahead than in Image It shows the junction with Second Avenue.

The photograph was taken from the cycle route (NCN Route 7), specifically, the part shown in Image The photograph really shows two short lanes, seen end-to-end; the nearer leads to Dumbuck Crescent. From the far side of that road, another such lane leads to Glasgow Road; the building that lies directly ahead, in the distance, is on the far side of Glasgow Road.

The photograph was taken from the junction with Image For a view from a little further ahead, at the junction with Second Avenue, see Image

Just off the A82.