Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a community and also 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 also Bute. The village lies at the end of Loch Gilp (a branch of Loch Fyne) and also pushes 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 kilometres) to the north-east; Oban lies 37 miles (60 kilometres) north on the A816. The council is based at Kilmory Castle, around which is found a timberland park as well as an Iron Age fort. Forestry and Land Scotland also have a workplace there. Lochgilphead's centers include a pool, sports centre, angling take on shop, 3 banks, Co-op Food grocery store, 2 petrol stations, three homewear as well as hardware stores, a Renault car dealership, an area medical facility run by the neighborhood GPs (with an A&E department as well as a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole golf links, bowling club, a hydrotherapy pool, a regional garbage dump site at Dunchologan and Lochgilphead High School. The community is residence to shinty group Kilmory Camanachd and also football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.