Drumkinnon Wood at Loch Lomond Shores

BALLOCH & HALDANE COMMUNITY COUNCIL

The top menu 'ABOUT US' explains what a community council  does.

Angling Association moorings, Balloch.  This site is a few yards from a ford used till the early 1900's
The river is the boundary between Balloch&Haldane CC and Alexandria CC.
The river Leven comes under the jurisdiction of the National Park Authority to the barrage.  

This history in brief was originally compiled for the Profile document and can be seen in full via the menu, under Action Plan.

As an insight into the population and other aspects of life in the Balloch, Haldane and Jamestown in the Parish of Bonhill of over 100 years ago, the following piece of history is noteworthy from The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev. John Wilson, 1882.

The spelling of the townships was the spelling used in the 1800s.
 

Balloch & Jamestown were part of Bonhill Parish as can be read in the short history section. Community council boundaries are completely different from Ward boundaries and are designed to encompass communities. We encompass two community areas Balloch and Jamestown. The boundary is difficult to put in writing so the map below coloured pink shows our original boundary with west Balloch (bottom blue area) added some 2 years later after making representations to the Local authority to include the whole community of Balloch in our area.