Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a community and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, with a population of around 2,300 individuals. It is the administrative centre of Argyll as well as Bute. The town exists at the end of Loch Gilp (a branch of Loch Fyne) and pushes the banks of the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead sits 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 forest park as well as an Iron Age fort. Forestry and also Land Scotland also have a workplace there. Lochgilphead's centers consist of a pool, sports centre, fishing tackle shop, three financial institutions, Co-op Food supermarket, 2 petrol stations, 3 homewear and also equipment stores, a Renault car dealership, a community hospital run by the local GPs (with an A&E division as well as a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole fairway, bowling club, a hydrotherapy pool, a regional garbage dump site at Dunchologan and Lochgilphead High School. The community is house to shinty team Kilmory Camanachd and football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.
