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Old Kilpatrick

Old Kilpatrick, is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Old Kilpatrick
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The place

Old Kilpatrick, is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The name Old Kilpatrick is said to be derived from St. Patrick ostensibly being born here. It has an estimated population of 4,820. It belonged to the parish of Old Kilpatrick which itself was only a few thousand people strong.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Old Kilpatrick

Airports
Glasgow (GLA), 6 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 48 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 68 km
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Old Kilpatrick
    48 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £6–8
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Old Kilpatrick
    68 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £7–10
  • Belfast → Old Kilpatrick
    174 km · quickest by road, 14h 24m · £75–100
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Old Kilpatrick

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Old Kilpatrick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inis on the west bank of the river next to Balloch Road bridge, 100 yards from the ferry jetty.
  • Get inThey run every twice per day M-F, but with times that work for those living in Balloch, but are no good for a day trip to Balloch.

From Wikivoyage: Balloch, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    57 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    59 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    85 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    152 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    164 km

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Next door to Old Kilpatrick

Old Kilpatrick is 14 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.