Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a community and also previous burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, with a populace of around 2,300 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and also Bute. The village exists at the end of Loch Gilp (a branch of Loch Fyne) and also pushes the banks of the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead sits on the A83, with Ardrishaig 2 miles (3 kilometres) to the south and also Inveraray 24 miles (39 km) to the north-east; Oban exists 37 miles (60 kilometres) north on the A816. The council is based at Kilmory Castle, around which is located a forest park and an Iron Age fort. Forestry and also Land Scotland also have an office there. Lochgilphead's centers include a pool, sports centre, angling take on shop, 3 financial institutions, Co-op Food grocery store, two petrol stations, three homewear and equipment shops, a Renault car dealership, a community hospital run by the neighborhood GPs (with an A&E division and a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole fairway, bowling club, a hydrotherapy pool, a regional landfill site at Dunchologan and also Lochgilphead High School. The town is residence to shinty team Kilmory Camanachd and football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.