Museums · Central Scotland

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre

In or near Kilcreggan.

Free admission♿ Wheelchair accessible👪 Family-friendly★ 4.6 · 116 Google reviews

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre — museum in Greenock, Scotland.

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h
Best time of year: Year-round
Nearest railway station: Greenock Central · 0.4 km

Free entry
Family-friendly
Wheelchair accessible

Getting there & planning your visit

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre is located in Inverclyde, postcode PA15 1BT. The nearest railway station is Greenock Central, which is 0.4 km away. Entry to the museum is free, and it is wheelchair accessible.

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Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre is a museum in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Greenock, Scotland". Coordinates: 55.9480°, -4.7550°.

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Official information

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre is located in the historic Old Fire Station in Greenock. Visitors can explore the preserved features of the building and learn about the history of firefighting in Scotland through various exhibits, including a collection of fire marks and artifacts from the fire service.

From the Wikipedia article

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre is a museum located within the Old Fire Station on Dalrymple Street which is part of the Municipal Buildings in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. It is a museum dedicated to the history of Scotland's fire and rescue service. It houses a wide range of artefacts and stories from the service's long history with displays on the history of firefighting, the development of fire safety in Scotland, and the history of the building. It is open to the public 12 pm to 4 pm on the last Sunday of the month and on days when cruise ships are in port in Greenock.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

It is operated by the Scottish Fire Brigades Heritage Trust, a registered charity known from 2013 to 2022 as the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Heritage Trust. The Trust was formally Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service Preservation Group, who can trace their origins back to 1995. The Old Fire Station was empty for 52 years before the museum opened and the building is basically as it was when the Fire Station closed in 1960. The Museum and Heritage Centre opened on the morning of June 28, 2012.

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 55.9480, -4.7550
District: Inverclyde
Postcode: PA15 1BT
Parliamentary constituency: Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West
Phone: 07789 923449
Nearest railway station: Greenock Central — 0.4 km
Opening: Last Sunday of the month 12pm–4pm

Sources

wikidata: Q112114608 (CC0)
wikipedia: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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