Customhouse Quay to Greenock Town Centre

Time: 1 hour

Route:

Beginning at the customhouse Quay, walk westwards along the riverside walkway, where you will pass the Waterfront Campus of James Watt College and Waterfront Leisure Complex. The route moves inland past the Waterfront Cinema, around Tesco’s car park, and across Dalrymple Street. Take the short route inland along Nicholson Street followed by a left hand turn onto West Blackhall Street, which takes you past shops and restaurants to the Oak Mall shopping centre. At Cathcart Square, continue down William Street past the historic Dutch Gable House back to Dalrymple Street. Before crossing the dual carriageway at the pedestrian crossing and return to Custom House Quay.

Terrain: Tarmac

What to Bring: Your bank card for the shops and restaurants around the town centre. 

Look out for: 

• Clyde Square dominated by the magnificent Victorian Municipal Buildings; this civic palace, with its grand colonnade and extravagant carvings, is a bold reminder of Inverclyde’s prosperous past.
• To the south of the ornate Lyle Fountain in Cathcart Square is the refurbished 18th century Wellpark Mid Kirk, its design unmistakably inspired by London’s St Martins-in-the-Field.
• The statue of Greenock’s most famous son, James Watt. The red sandstone building on which it is mounted was the original James Watt College, and occupies a position near to the birthplace of the famous engineer.
• Ginger and The Horsepower sculpture by Andy Scott

Parking available at the Customhouse carpark.