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Gourock

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Gourock

Gourock Pynt an Cardwell Bay at sunset.
Gourock is located in Inverclyde
Gourock
Gourock
Location within Innerclyde
OS grid referenceNS 24200 77000
Cooncil area
  • Inverclyde
Lieutenancy area
  • Renfrewshire
KintraScotland
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Post tounGOUROCK
Postcode destrictPA19
Diallin code01475
EU PairlamentScotland
UK Pairlament
  • Inverclyde
Scots Pairlament
  • Greenock an Inverclyde
Leet o 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 (Scots Gaelic: Guireag pronounced [kuɾʲak]) is a toun fawin within the Inverclyde cooncil aurie an umwhile formin a burgh o the coonty o Renfrew in the Wast o Scotland. It haes in the past functioned as a seaside resort on the East shore o the upper Firth o Clyde. Its principal function the day, houiver, is as a popular residential aurie, extending contiguously frae Greenock, wi a railwey terminus an ferry services athort the Clyde.