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+44 1852 500344
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Lochgilphead
United Kingdom
Lochgilphead is a town and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, with a population of around 2,300 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute. The village lies at the end of Loch Gilp and lies on the banks of the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead sits on the A83, with Ardrishaig 2 miles to the south and Inveraray 24 miles to the north-east; Oban lies 37 miles north on the A816. The council is based at Kilmory Castle,... Show more around which is located a woodland park and an Iron Age fort. Forestry and Land Scotland also have an office there. Lochgilphead's facilities include a swimming pool, sports centre, fishing tackle shop, Virgin MoneyBank and Bank Of Scotland, TSB which closed permanently on 17.02.21 Co-op Food supermarket, two petrol stations, one homewear shop and one hardware shop, a Renault dealership, a community hospital run by the local GPs, a nine-hole golf...
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