Lochgilphead is a community and also previous burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, with a population of around 2,300 people. It is the management centre of Argyll as well as Bute. The village exists at the end of Loch Gilp (a branch of Loch Fyne) and pushes the financial institutions of the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead rests on the A83, with Ardrishaig 2 miles (3 kilometres) to the south as well as Inveraray 24 miles (39 km) to the north-east; Oban exists 37 miles (60 km) north on the A816. The council is based at Kilmory Castle, around which is found a timberland park and also an Iron Age ft. Forestry as well as Land Scotland likewise have a workplace there. Lochgilphead's facilities include a pool, sporting activities centre, angling deal with shop, three banks, Co-op Food supermarket, two petrol stations, three homewear as well as hardware shops, a Renault car dealership, a neighborhood healthcare facility run by the regional GPs (with an A&E division as well as a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole fairway, bowling club, a hydrotherapy swimming pool, a local landfill site at Dunchologan and also Lochgilphead High School. The community is residence to shinty group Kilmory Camanachd as well as football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.