Tourism - The waterfront
The waterfront is a magnet for day visitors and tourists – from East Bay to Kidston Park. It needs to be attractive and provide entertainment, activity and information. (See The Waterfront Strategy, Priorities and Projects above.)
INITIATIVES- The Local Plan designates the pier area for recreation and leisure with enhanced all-year Facilities (See the Waterfront Strategy above)
- A high quality tourism information centre (See the Waterfront Strategy above)
- • Improved car / bus parking and other transport links; easy pedestrian access to the Town Centre and Waterfront from Helensburgh Central Station
- Enhanced facilities for day visitors – play areas : sand pits : skateboarding
- Produce a dossier of pictures from the Helensburgh Advertiser archives of extreme weather on the sea front.
- A secondary visitor "hub" at Kidston Park with provision of catering, toilets and play facilities for the very young
- Provide a continuous promenade and safe cycleway from East bay to Kidston Park
- Provision for improved launching access for sailors / windsurfers. Create a small car park to the west of the pumping station opposite Suffolk St. Restrict this to the use of windsurfers’ vehicles
- Persuade Scottish Water to improve the appearance of the pumping station opposite Suffolk St
Encourage the Helensburgh Sailing Club to include a tea room / restaurant in their plans – open to the public and with a view over the moored and sailing boats
N.B. In the document, Initiatives that can be achieved fairly quickly are marked “-qw” (quickwin)
