Cardross

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Cardross is a large village in Scotland, on the north side of the Firth of Clyde, roughly halfway between Dumbarton and Helensburgh. Cardross railway station is on the Airdrie-Helensburgh railway line. It is in the historic geographical county of Dunbartonshire, but the modern political local authority of Argyll and Bute. It was the birthplace of A. J. Cronin.

Cardross is also the name of an historic Parish stretching from the west side of Dumbarton to Craigendoran, near Helensburgh, and including the village of Renton in the Vale of Leven.

King Robert the Bruce is often associated with Cardross in respect of his last years. He died at his manorial house in the Parish of Cardross in 1329, but the exact location is unknown. It is claimed that it was not where the present village lies. Instead, his house was near where Dalmoak Farm now stands, and near the River Leven, south of the village of Renton.

The former St Peter's Seminary, designed by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, is located in the north of the village. The BBC Sports presenter Hazel Irvine lived in Cardross.

A current hot topic in Cardross is the relationship between the long estabilished Cardross Golf Club and newly built Cala Homes adjacent to this.