McInroy's Point

Gourock Scottish Gaelic: Guireag
Gourock Point and Cardwell Bay at sunset.
Gourock Gourock shown within Inverclyde
OS grid reference	NS 24200 77000
Council area	Inverclyde
Lieutenancy area	Renfrewshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GOUROCK
Postcode district	PA19
Dialling code	01475
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Inverclyde
Scottish Parliament	Greenock and Inverclyde
List of places UK Scotland 55°57′14″N 4°49′02″W / 55.953763°N 4.8173176°W / 55.953763; -4.8173176Coordinates: 55°57′14″N 4°49′02″W / 55.953763°N 4.8173176°W / 55.953763; -4.8173176

Gourock (/ˈɡʊərək/ ( listen) GOOR-ək; Scottish Gaelic: Guireag [kuɾʲak]) is a town falling within the Inverclyde council area and formerly forming a burgh of the county of Renfrew in the West of Scotland. It has in the past functioned as a seaside resort on the East shore of the upper Firth of Clyde. Its principal function today, however, is as a popular residential area, extending contiguously from Greenock, with a railway terminus and ferry services across the Clyde.

The name Gourock comes from a Gaelic word for "rounded hill", in reference to the hill above the town. As far back as 1494 it is recorded that James IV sailed from the shore at Gourock to quell the rebellious Highland clans. Two hundred years later William and Mary granted a Charter in favour of Stewart of Castlemilk which raised Gourock to a Burgh of Barony. In 1784 the lands of Gourock were purchased by Duncan Darroch, a former merchant in Jamaica. He built Gourock House near the site of the castle in what the family eventually gifted to the town as Darroch Park, later renamed by the council as Gourock Park.