Lochgilphead is a community as well as previous burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with a populace of around 2,300 people. It is the management centre of Argyll and Bute. The village lies at the end of Loch Gilp (a branch of Loch Fyne) as well as rests on the banks of the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead rests on the A83, with Ardrishaig 2 miles (3 km) 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 fort. Forestry and also Land Scotland likewise have an office there. Lochgilphead's centers include a swimming pool, sporting activities centre, fishing deal with shop, three banks, Co-op Food supermarket, 2 petrol stations, three homewear and also hardware stores, a Renault dealership, a neighborhood health center run by the neighborhood GPs (with an A&E department and also a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole golf course, bowling club, a hydrotherapy pool, a local landfill site at Dunchologan and Lochgilphead High School. The community is house to shinty group Kilmory Camanachd and also football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.