Dunoon is a beautiful Scottish seaside town located on Cowal peninsula. The town formed around an historic castle on the river Clyde some 30 miles west of Glasgow.
Dunoon rapidly expanded in the Victorian era as paddle steamers and train connections enabled people to commute and day trip to the area from Glasgow.
From 1961 the stunning Holy Loch, which is just outside of Dunoon in the village of Sandbank, was the site of the United States Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Refit Site. This contraversial cold war base housed 100s of American Navy personnel and their famlies, providing employment and opportunities to local people. When the base closed in 1992 the fragile local economy took a downturn and for many years people have been trying to redefine and develop the Dunoon area as a tourist destination.
With a beach in the town and multiple beaches and forests in nearby villages, the area has multiple natural assets. The town also boasts Scotland’s last large timber pier, the historic Dunoon Castle site, a fantastic community run museum, an arts centre called Dunoon Burgh Hall and a brilliant local high street. To top it all the Dunoon community is amazing; resourceful, warm, friendly, funny and caring.
The Dunoon Area Green Map project aims to help local people and visitors connect to and utilise the social, cultural and environmental assets.
The project is led by the design and research agency Tacit-Tacit, a local enterprise on a mission to support #positivegrowth working in partnership with the Dunoon Area Alliance.