Spango Valley
Spango Valley is a steep sided valley to the west of Greenock, Scotland. A small river, the Spango Burn, runs through the valley.
Spango Valley and Valleypark is accessible by road and through IBM railway station, opened in 1978 to serve the IBM factory. The electrified Inverclyde railway line between Glasgow Central and Wemyss Bay passes through Spango Valley (between Branchton and Inverkip stations, as does the A78 road.
From the 1950s Spango Valley was the site of a large factory manufacturing IBM computers; the (now largely demolished) factory is no longer owned by IBM and the site has been renamed Valleypark, with other companies using the remaining facilities. As of 2015 IBM continues to have offices at Spango Valley.[1] What is now known as Valleypark was built in the flat base of the valley between the A78 road and the railway line.
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- Spango Valley on The Gazetter for Scotland website
- Spango Valley on the Scotland's Places website
- Valleypark - official website
Gallery
Spango Valley: view of IBM railway station and the "Hole of Spango" from Ailleymill Road