Kilmacolm

Kilmacolm
Kilmacolm centre from the Cross
Kilmacolm
Kilmacolm shown within Inverclyde
Population	4,000 (village)
OS grid reference	NS365695
• Edinburgh	56 mi (90 km)
• London	355 mi (571 km)
Civil parish	Kilmacolm
Council area	Inverclyde
Lieutenancy area	Renfrewshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KILMACOLM
Postcode district	PA13
Dialling code	01505
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Inverclyde
Scottish Parliament	Renfrewshire North and West
List of places UK Scotland Coordinates: 55°53′39″N 4°37′37″W / 55.894103°N 4.62708°W / 55.894103; -4.62708

Kilmacolm (ⁱ/ˌkɪlməˈkoʊlm/) is a village and civil parish in the Inverclyde council area and the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the northern slope of the Gryffe Valley 7 ¹⁄₂ miles (12.1 km) south-east of Greenock and around 15 miles (24 km) west of the city of Glasgow. The village has a population of around 4,000 and is part of a wider civil parish which covers a large rural hinterland of 15,000 hectares (150 km²; 58 sq mi) containing within it the smaller settlement of Quarrier's Village, originally established as a 19th-century residential orphans' home.

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