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Inverkip (Gaelic: Inbhir Chip) is a village and parish (which was also known as Innerkip) in Inverclyde, Scotland. It lies about 4 miles south west of Greenock on the A78 trunk road. The village is served by Inverkip railway station, on the Inverclyde Line.

Today Inverkip is mainly of significance because of the large marina which has grown steadily since the 1970s and now boasts a small community of its own called Kip Village. Nearby the flue of the mothballed oil-fired Inverkip power station – another creation of the 70s – looms large.

Lunderston Bay is a popular picnic spot nearby and the classical Ardgowan House, built for Sir John Shaw-Stewart in the seventeenth century stands outside the village. It occasionally has open days and charity fêtes. The late fifteenth century Ardgowan Castle is a ruin within the estate.