I have to hold my hands up, we've let you down a bit in recent times. The site hasn't been updated and to be truthful, it has looked a bit in need of some TLC. This should change! Our webmaster, Jim Chestnut, met with Stewart Noble and me today, to give us a crash course in updating and maintaining the site.

Some of the changes you should notice immediately. Others including improving the search terms for Google (other search engines are available!), will be ongoing but will take a bit longer.

Robert Ryan (Chairman Helensburgh Heritage Trust)

At Helensburgh the twenty-seventh day of July eighteen hundred and thirty-three, at eight  o'clock AM being the time fixed for ascertaining and going along the Boundary lines of the Burgh specified in the charter and fixing in proper places Boundary stones in order that the Boundaries may be known in time coming.

The Very Early Days

Rosneath is one of the older settlements in the local area, and its name is said to be derived from the Gaelic "Rosneveth", meaning "headland of the sanctuary", which in turn probably relates to St Modan. It should however be noted that there are other possible derivations of the village’s name.

HER Royal Highness Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, had a huge impact on Helensburgh and Garelochside, where she lived in Rosneath Castle and loved the beauty and quietness of the Gareloch.

HELENSBURGH has always prided itself that a Prime Minister came from the burgh, despite the fact that he is known as “The Unknown Prime Minister”.

A HELENSBURGH man who served as a County Councillor for 23 years was a First World War hero who won the Victoria Cross, the top award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.

THE sad event of 8 September 2022 has set me thinking back to the Queen’s Accession on 6 February 1952.

A FOLK singer who came to live in Helensburgh 2007 is famous throughout Scotland and has been described as having ‘a God given voice that knocks you sideways’.

A FORMER professional footballer who spent the last 18 years of his life in Helensburgh managed Manchester United for five years and Ipswich Town for 18 years.

HELENSBURGH HERITAGE TRUST

Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation – number SC024603

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

 The Trustees have pleasure in presenting the report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

HELENSBURGH HERITAGE TRUST

Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation – number SC024603

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024

 The Trustees have pleasure in presenting the report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024

HELENSBURGH HERITAGE TRUST

Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation – number SC024603