Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a community and also previous burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, with a population of around 2,300 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute. The village exists at the end of Loch Gilp (a branch of Loch Fyne) and lies on the financial institutions of the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead remains on the A83, with Ardrishaig 2 miles (3 km) to the south and also Inveraray 24 miles (39 kilometres) to the north-east; Oban exists 37 miles (60 kilometres) north on the A816. The council is based at Kilmory Castle, around which is found a forest park and an Iron Age fort. Forestry and also Land Scotland likewise have a workplace there. Lochgilphead's centers include a swimming pool, sports centre, angling deal with store, three financial institutions, Co-op Food grocery store, 2 petrol stations, three homewear and also equipment shops, a Renault dealer, a neighborhood medical facility run by the regional General practitioners (with an A&E division and also a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole golf links, bowling club, a hydrotherapy pool, a local garbage dump site at Dunchologan and also Lochgilphead High School. The town is residence to shinty group Kilmory Camanachd as well as football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.