The last remaining original Victorian pier on the Clyde, Kilcreggan Pier dates back to the era of the Clyde steamers from the 1820s onwards. It remains in continuing use and is the terminus for the ferry that links Kilcreggan with Gourock, on the far side of the Clyde.
Kilcreggan’s first pier was built in 1850, but the present B-listed structure dates from a rebuilding in 1897, opening on September 25 of that year.
It was strengthened in 1964, which is when the present pierhead building was added.

February 2022 – Fears £10m pier project ‘will destroy village’
The council said the £10m pound project at Kilcreggan would ensure larger vessels, including the Waverley, could be accomodated..
However, the campaign group ‘Save Kilcreggan Pier’ had attracted almost 600 members on social media, concerned that the 125-year-old historic pier could be at risk from the “expensive project that will destroy the village”.
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May 2022 – Argyll villagers plead with SNP to cancel new pier plans
Villagers in Kilcreggan, concerned that Argyll and Bute’s plan for a new pier could sound the death knell for their historic pier, are pleading with the local council and Transport Scotland to scrap the proposals as it could sound the death knell for their historic pier.
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September 2022 – The history of Kilcreggan Pier
An excellent article in the Lochside Press recording how Kilcreggan’s iconic pier has stood the test of time
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January 2023 – A Tale of Service, Confusion and Soaring Costs
An article in the Lochside Press providing a timeline of the pier’s history from its opening in 1897 to January 2023
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March 2023 – Kilcreggan Pier Pressure Mounts
Concerns over the future of the historic pier arising from plan to upgrade the ferries for Gourock to Dunoon and Gourock to Kilcreggan.
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March 2023 – Kilcreggan pier campaigners call for a halt to breakwater plans
Local residents in Kilcreggan, concerned over the environmental impact a new pontoon and breakwater could have, and how it would affect the future of the existing pier. called for the Argyll and Bute Council’s plans to be halted.
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March 2023 – Kilcreggan pier consultation: Time running out!
TIME is running out for residents to have their say on controversial proposals put forward by Argyll and Bute Council for a new breakwater and concrete pontoon to be used by the larger ferries planned to operate on the routes linking Kilcreggan and Dunoon with Gourock.
But many local people are concerned at the effect of the plans on the village’s existing wooden pier, although the council says it would be “retained for leisure and recreational use”.
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June 2023 – A future for Kilcreggan Pier?
In June it was reported that the preferred option of the council, and Transport Scotland, was to build a new concrete pontoon and breakwater to accommodate the new, larger passenger ferries. That option would leave Kilcreggan’s existing wooden Victorian pier for “leisure and recreational use only” – with many people in the area worried that that course of action increases the risk of the wooden pier deteriorating to the point where it was no longer useable.
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January 2024 – Consultation rejects new harbour plan
The results of a public consultation on the £9.6m plans for ‘Kilcreggan Harbour’ carried out the previous March were published and showed a 75% rejection of the plans.The results had only been made public after a series of Freedom of Information requests.
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September 2024 – Conservation of Original Pier Plans Completed
May 2025 – Kilcreggan Pier – The UK’s Worst Pier, According to The Telegraph’s Survey

March 2026 – The Bell Goes to the Library

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