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Revision as of 12:13, 29 June 2004 by Gmh (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dunoon is situated on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It sits on the River Clyde across from Gourock.
Dunoon pier is over one hundred years old and still receives a connecting ferry with Gourock.
Dunoon Grammar School is over three hundred and fifty years old and has many well known former pupils, including the Labour Party politicians, John Smith, George Robertson (later head of NATO) and Brian Wilson. The actor Sylvester McCoy was also a pupil.
Dunoon was the home of a U.S. naval base in Scotland from the early 1960s until 1991, harbouring the Polaris nuclear fleet.
The annual Cowal Highland Games are a highlight and attract many hundreds of contestants from over the world and many thousands of spectators.
Toward Castle, formerly owned by the Lamont family is not far from the town.
Younger Botanic Garden Benmore, part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is situated 7 miles north of the town. The garden is now open to the public, but was formerly a private garden for the Younger family.