Lochgilphead is a community and also former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, with a populace 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) as well as rests on 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 situated a forest park and also an Iron Age ft. Forestry and also Land Scotland additionally have an office there. Lochgilphead's centers include a swimming pool, sporting activities centre, angling deal with shop, 3 financial institutions, Co-op Food grocery store, two petrol stations, three homewear and also equipment shops, a Renault car dealership, a community healthcare facility run by the regional General practitioners (with an A&E department and a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole fairway, bowling club, a hydrotherapy swimming pool, a local garbage dump site at Dunchologan and also Lochgilphead High School. The community is house to shinty team Kilmory Camanachd and football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.