Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead is a town as well as previous burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, with a population of around 2,300 people. It is the management centre of Argyll as well as Bute. The village lies at the end of Loch Gilp (a branch of Loch Fyne) as well as rests on the banks 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 exists 37 miles (60 kilometres) north on the A816. The council is based at Kilmory Castle, around which is located a woodland park and also an Iron Age fort. Forestry and also Land Scotland additionally have an office there. Lochgilphead's centers consist of a swimming pool, sports centre, angling take on shop, three financial institutions, Co-op Food supermarket, 2 petrol stations, three homewear as well as equipment stores, a Renault dealership, a neighborhood health center run by the neighborhood GPs (with an A&E department as well as a psychiatric hospital), a 9-hole golf course, bowling club, a hydrotherapy pool, a regional land fill site at Dunchologan and also Lochgilphead High School. The town is home to shinty group Kilmory Camanachd and football team, Lochgilphead Red Star.
