About us

In 1989, Margaret MacGillivray opened a small gift shop in Helensburgh. Later that year, her husband Sandy joined her and together they have been running MacGillivray's Scottish Gifts and Coffee Shop. Both have had a keen interest in promoting tourism to Scotland - and this is an extension of that interest. Helensburgh is a traditional Victorian town, situated on the River Clyde just opposite Greenock. Unlike a lot of other towns in Scotland, there are still many individual small shops, stocking a variety of unusual gifts.