Place:Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland

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NameLochgilphead
Alt namesCeann Loch Gilbsource: Wikipedia
TypeParish
Coordinates56.05°N 5.433°W
Located inArgyll, Scotland
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Lochgilphead is a town and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with a population of around 2,300 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute. The village lies at the end of Loch Gilp (a branch of Loch Fyne) and lies on the banks of the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead sits on the A83, with Ardrishaig 2 miles (3 km) to the south and Inveraray to the north-east; Oban lies north on the A816.

The council is based at Kilmory Castle, around which is located a woodland park and an Iron Age fort. Forestry and Land Scotland also have an office there.

Lochgilphead's facilities include a swimming pool, sports centre, fishing tackle shop, Virgin MoneyBank and Bank Of Scotland, TSB (which closed permanently on 17 February 2021), Co-op Food supermarket, two petrol stations, one homewear shop and one hardware shop, a Renault dealership, a community hospital run by the local GPs (with an A&E department and a psychiatric hospital), a nine-hole golf course, bowling club, a hydrotherapy pool, a regional landfill site at Dunchologan, and Lochgilphead High School. There is also a local detachment of the Army Cadet Force in the town, specifically a branch of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in conjunction with the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Daily bus services run from the town to other parts of Scotland, notablly Glasgow, Campbeltown, Fort William, and Oban.

The town is home to shinty team Kilmory Camanachd and football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.

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