An Interpretive Plan for Inverclyde Volcanoes, Water and Girders Prepared for The Glasgow and Clyde Valley Green Network Partnership, Inverclyde Council, Riverside Inverclyde and Lower Clyde Greenspace By Tourism and Environment Consultancy November 2010 Inverclyde Interpretive Strategy – 1 FINAL REPORT November 2010 David Warnock Tourism and Environment Consultancy Buchany Ancaster Road Callander Perthshire FK17 8EL Tel: 01877 330159 Mob: 07811 779 926 Fax: 01877 331544 Email:
[email protected] Cover photo: VICTORIA HARBOUR, GREENOCK - The old dry dock with associated gates and fencing, Nov 2009. This photo clearly shows the ‘front to back’ connectivity between the industrial heritage of the waterfront, the middle residential strip and the background lava hills. A key opportunity for interpretation in Inverclyde is to join this economic, cultural and natural Inverclyde Interpretive Strategy – 2 FINAL REPORT November 2010 heritage together to tell the story of Inverclyde’s past, highlight regeneration work of the present and to ensure this heritage is appreciated and preserved for the future. Contents Executive Summary Section One – Background to the Interpretive Strategy Project 1.1 Introduction – Why are we doing this? 1.2 Aims of the report – What will be achieved? 1.3 Method and approach – Maximising benefits for Inverclyde from interpretation Section Two – An Assessment of Interpretation in Inverclyde 2.1 Existing interpretation 2.2 Other relevant interpretation close to Inverclyde 2.3 Other relevant interpretation away from