Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a town and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, with a populace 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 remains on the A83, with Ardrishaig 2 miles (3 km) to the south and Inveraray 24 miles (39 kilometres) to the north-east; Oban lies 37 miles (60 km) north on the A816. The council is based at Kilmory Castle, around which is situated a forest park as well as an Iron Age fort. Forestry and also Land Scotland also have a workplace there. Lochgilphead's facilities include a pool, sporting activities centre, fishing take on shop, three financial institutions, Co-op Food grocery store, 2 petrol stations, three homewear and also equipment shops, a Renault dealer, a community hospital run by the regional GPs (with an A&E department and also a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole golf links, bowling club, a hydrotherapy swimming pool, a regional landfill site at Dunchologan and Lochgilphead High School. The community is residence to shinty group Kilmory Camanachd and football group, Lochgilphead Red Star.
