Inverclyde is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrew
Greenock, the administrative seat of Inverclyde Council.
Inverclyde Council is based at Greenock Municipal Buildings.
Port Glasgow is the second-largest town in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. The population according to the 1991 census for Port Glasgow was 19,426 persons and in the 2001 census was 16,617 pe
Inverclyde
…from 1975 until 1996. Prior to 1975, Inverclyde was governed as part of the local government county of Renfrewshire, comprising the burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock, and the former fifth district of the county. Its landward area is bordered by the Kelly, North and South Routen burns to the southwest…
Newark Castle stands close to the last shipyard on the Lower Clyde.
The Town Buildings, viewed from the site of the original harbour which was infilled, and formed Coronation Park in 1937.
West of Newark Castle, Ferguson Marine now occupies the site of McGill's shipyard. The Bay Yard, in front of Gourock Ropeworks, built the tall ship Glenlee.