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Vale Of Leven Industrial Estate, DUMBARTON, G82 3PW

The sign reads "Path / Renton Bridge ½ Mile / (via Woodland Path)". The signpost was installed only recently, as part of a programme of improvement of the paths around the edge of the industrial estate. See Image and Image for views from a little further along the route.

Just a few days earlier, the Polaroid Eyewear plant here in the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate had been the subject of television and newspaper reports stating that it is to close. It was demolished at the end of 2021. Much has changed since the era when, at the end of each working day, Image would quake under the feet of those heading home. The Polaroid Factory appears in the left background of this picture, but, because of its position, it is not well seen from here (compare Image); the building in the right foreground is that of a different firm, a bottling and packing company. For a view of the factory itself, see Image For views from other angles, see Image / Image / Image

The nearest buildings on the right are those of Houston Co-pack Ltd, with those of Image visible behind them; the gap between them is taken up by a car park; the buildings of Polaroid Eyewear (Image) are not visible from this angle, but are located at the northern side of the car park. On the left-hand side of the road, a depot for McColl's Coaches is visible in the foreground; further along that side of that road are the buildings of Robert Campbell Commercials, and then those of Turnkey Ltd.

This photograph shows another part of Image, in Strathleven Industrial Estate; it is also shown in Image It was demolished at the end of 2021. The present photograph was taken from the same footpath.

In the background, set off from the main road by a parking area, is part of a large building occupied by Polaroid Eyewear. It was demolished at the end of 2021. Part of a different building, occupied by "Houston Bottling & Co-pack", appears in the foreground, on the right.

It had closed a few months earlier. See Image It was demolished at the end of 2021.

The River Leven is on the left. Until a few decades ago, these woods contained the huge, gnarled Bruce Oak; see Image The woods are the ones that are also shown on the left in Image, on the right in Image, and in the background of Image

Other than from the air, this is probably the best place from which to get a view of the whole estate. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/tagged/place:Vale+of+Leven+Industrial+Estate for related images. In the left-hand half of the image, the arc of housing immediately behind the industrial estate is the Strathleven Housing Estate. Behind that, further up the hill, is the Beechwood and Wheatcroft Estate, extending out like an arm from Braehead and Redburn, part of which can be seen at the far left. A little right of centre, Image can be seen standing alone. Two outlying buildings on the right are a Image (with Image visible behind it) and a Image

It has been here for a few years, but a Image standing behind it is new. In the background, the River Leven winds around Cordale Point.

The tree is associated with (the organisation) Tullochan. It is new, at least in its present role, and it stands beside a Image that had been there for a few years. In the background, the Leven can be seen winding around the end of Cordale Point. Compare Image / Image / Image