• The history of the area where Loch Thom resides has a history stretching back many thousands of years. Click the button below to read about our rich history.
  • View from Hillside Hill down to compensation reservoir and Cornalees, with Loch Thom itself further back. Compensation reservoir and Cut Centre at Cornalees...
  • 247 721 Loch Thom can be walked clockwise or anti clockwise. Waymarkers: Route is marked in either direction with red and white way markers.
  • From the car park head north to Loch Thom cottage and then east. On the eastern side of the water there is some nice woodland and the adjacent Gryfe Reservoir.
  • In the 1870s the main loch (Loch Thom) was enlarged by raising the spillway. This also involved building a brand new dam to the east shore of the Loch.
  • Loch Thom is not a natural loch, it is in fact man-made. ... The same proposal was put to Robert Thom, a hydraulic engineer from the Isle of Bute.
  • Loch Thom is a reservoir which since 1827 has provided a water supply to the town of Greenock in Inverclyde, Scotland.
  • Loch Thom is a reservoir which, since 1827, has provided a water supply to the town of Greenock.
  • At approx 1.5 miles in length and sitting at 639 ft (195m) above sea level, Loch Thom has provided a water supply to the town of Greenock since 1827!