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The town
of Helensburgh is probably the least like the rest of Argyll. It
is not far from Dumbarton and on the upper reaches of the Clyde
Estuary and therefore nearer to the Industrialised centres of
Scotland. That said, Helensburgh has quite a lot to offer the
visitor. Probably the most noted attraction is
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's "Hill
House".
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Helensburgh is of course quite a large town and has many shops
and its seafront is popular with visitors who can watch many
different types of vessel from yachts to Cruise liners, to
fishing vessels to War ships, all of which ply the Clyde whilst
carrying on their business.
This town
comes alive in the summer with frequent Pipe band performances
along the seafront. An entertaining spectacle for visitors, many
of whom are day trippers. With Loch Lomond only four miles away
and the formation of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs park, many
tourists now explore areas such as this as part of their day
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John Logie
Baird, the inventor of the television was born here in 1888, it
was in 1926 that he first demonstrated his new invention to the
public in London. There is a bust in commemoration of the man in
Helensburgh but unfortunately little else.
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