IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Kidston Drive, HELENSBURGH, G84 8QB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Kidston Drive, G84 8QB by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (78 Images Found)
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Distance
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Path between the roads
The footpath here is set back from the A814, Rhu Road Lower. Kidston Drive is on the right.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 5 Sep 2023
0.03 miles
2
Tree removal
A local landscape gardening company have just cut down a small tree and are tidying up shrubs in a garden on Kidston Drive.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 5 Sep 2023
0.04 miles
4
MAEE Memorial at Kidston Park
See https://www.geograph.org.uk/tagged/Kidston+Park#photo=3412763 for views of the park. The granite memorial was unveiled on July 1 2017, and commemorates work carried out by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment during the Second World War.
For further information, see http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php?view=article&id=1406 at Helensburgh Heritage. The inscription is reproduced below so that it can be found by means of text searches:
"In Memory of Helensburgh (Rhu) Airfield
Opened 09.1939
Closed 30.11.1947
Home of MAEE 1939—1945
Dedicated to all units and personnel based here
Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust
www․abct․org․uk
Unveiled By Robin Bird, aviation author and
Kenneth P Bannerman, Director General, ABCT
01.07.2017"
Image: © Lairich Rig
Taken: 10 Nov 2017
0.05 miles
5
Kidston Drive
With the A814, Rhu Road Lower on the right. The Firth of Clyde is in the distance.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 5 Sep 2023
0.05 miles
6
In memory of Helensburgh (Rhu) Airfield
It commemorates work carried out by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment during the Second World War. See Image for another view of the memorial and a full transcription of what it says.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 5 Sep 2023
0.06 miles
7
Information panel about RAF Helensburgh
An information panel (part of the Clyde Sea Lochs Trail) giving information about the former RAF Helensburgh and the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment which operated here during the Second World War.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 5 Sep 2023
0.06 miles
9
Helensburgh, Rhu Road Lower
The coastal road, near Kidston Park.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 19 Apr 2012
0.06 miles
10
Brick building beside the shore
It is not clear what this building is or was for. The windows are all bricked up.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 5 Sep 2023
0.06 miles