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Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. Coordinates: 55°56′04″N 4°40′39″W. Newark Castle stands close to the last shipyard on the Lower Clyde. The bypass road gives views over parkland formerly crowded with shipyards. Original gatehouse, tower house and corner tower. The barrel vaulted gatehouse entrance leads by a path to the main entrance.
Newark Castle. Castle Road, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, PA14 5NH. 01475 741 858. Plan your visit. Overview. Prices and opening times. Getting here. Access. History.
From £4.50 per ticket. Enjoy stunning views of the Firth of Clyde from Newark Castle in Port Glasgow. Built by George Maxwell in the 15th century, this elegant and still virtually intact castle was enlarged by his descendent Patrick Maxwell in the 16th century.
- Castle Road, Port Glasgow, PA14 5NH, Strathclyde
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Newark Castle was for a long time hidden behind the giant cranes and sheds of the Clyde’s great shipyards. Only recently has it re-emerged to take its rightful place in the townscape of Port Glasgow. The land on which the castle is built was acquired by marriage in 1402 by a junior branch of the Maxwells, a powerful southern Scottish family.
Newark Castle is a substantial and fascinating old tower house with many rooms to explore and some original internal features, long held by the turbulent Maxwells, and standing by the banks of the River Clyde near Port Glasgow in Renfrewshire in western Scotland. Newark Castle (© Gordon Mason)
Oct 1, 2015 · Newark Castle. 139 reviews. #1 of 14 things to do in Port Glasgow. Castles. Closed now. Write a review. About. Built by George Maxwell in the 15th century, this elegant and still virtually intact castle was enlarged by his descendent Patrick Maxwell in the 16th century.