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Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic, ) is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenant, the British monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government of Scotland council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former Regions and districts of Scotland, the former counties...
 in Scotland
Scotland

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. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead

Lochgilphead is a town and former burgh in Scotland, with a population of around 3,000 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute....
.

Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council. Including islands, there are over of coastline, and this is claimed to be more than for the whole of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

The council area adjoins those of Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
, Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of Council Areas of Scotland in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire , Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling , Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas....
, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs....
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Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic, ) is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenant, the British monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government of Scotland council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former Regions and districts of Scotland, the former counties...
 in Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead

Lochgilphead is a town and former burgh in Scotland, with a population of around 3,000 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute....
.

Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council. Including islands, there are over of coastline, and this is claimed to be more than for the whole of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

The council area adjoins those of Highland
Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
, Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of Council Areas of Scotland in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire , Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling , Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas....
, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs....
. Its border runs through Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond , is a freshwater Scotland loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in mainland Britain, by surface area, and contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the British Isles....
.

The present council area was created in 1996, when it was carved out of the Strathclyde
Strathclyde

Strathclyde is one of nine former Local government in Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland created by the Local Government Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
 region, which was a two-tier local government region of 19 district
Regions and districts of Scotland

The local government areas of Scotland were redefined by the Local Government Act 1973 and redefined again by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
s, created in 1975. Argyll and Bute merged together the existing Argyll and Bute district and one ward of the Dumbarton
Dumbarton

Dumbarton is a burgh in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven, Dunbartonshire flows into the Clyde estuary....
 district. The Dumbarton ward, called 'Helensburgh and Lomond', included the burgh
Burgh

A Burgh is an Wiktionary:Autonomy corporate entity in Scotland, usually a town. This type of administrative division has existed since the 12th century, when David I of Scotland created the first Royal burghs....
 of Helensburgh
Helensburgh

Helensburgh is a town and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gare Loch....
 and consisted of an area to the west of Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond , is a freshwater Scotland loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in mainland Britain, by surface area, and contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the British Isles....
, north of the Firth of Clyde
Firth of Clyde

The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland....
 and mostly east of Loch Long
Loch Long

Loch Long is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The loch extends from the Firth of Clyde at its southwestern end. It measures approximately 20 miles in length, with a width of between one and two miles....
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The council area can be described also by reference to divisions of the counties which were abolished in 1975. The council area includes most of the county of Argyll (Argyll minus the Morvern
Morvern

Morvern is a peninsula in south west Lochaber, on the west coast of Scotland. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic language A' Mhorbhairn ....
 area, north of Mull
Isle of Mull

The Isle of Mull or simply Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the Council areas of Scotland of Argyll and Bute....
, which became become part of the Highland region in 1975), part of the county of Bute
County of Bute

The County of Bute is one of the Registration county of Scotland. In 2001 its usually resident population was 13,720....
 (the Isle of Bute
Isle of Bute

Bute, also known as the Isle of Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Formerly part of the Counties of Scotland of Buteshire, it now constitutes part of the council area of Argyll and Bute....
) and part of the county of Dunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire

Dunbartonshire or the County of Dumbarton, is a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and a registration county of Scotland. Until 1975 it was a Counties of Scotland....
 (the Helensburgh and Lomond ward).

Towns and villages

  • Achahoish
    Achahoish

    Achahoish is a village on the west coast of Knapdale in the Scotland council area of Argyll and Bute. Achahoish recently benefited from the governments PPP funding and received a new primary school with two classrooms catering for the 60 local children from the surrounding small villages and hamlets in the area....
     Airdeny
    Airdeny

    Airdeny is a village in the Scotland council area of Argyll and Bute....
     Appin
    Appin

    Appin is a remote coastal district of the Scotland West Scottish Highlands bounded west by Loch Linnhe, south by Loch Creran, east by the districts of Benderloch and Lorne, and north by Loch Leven ....
     Ardbeg, Ardbeg Arden Ardfern
    Ardfern

    Ardfern is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the south coast of the Craignish peninsula, facing Loch Craignish.It has a small, close community, and features a church, fire station, school, craft center with tea room, village shop, public house , and yacht center ....
     Aldochlay Ardlui
    Ardlui

    Ardlui is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located at the head of Loch Lomond. It is on the A82 road between Crianlarich and Glasgow and Ardlui railway station is on the West Highland Line between Glasgow Queen Street railway station and Oban or Fort William, Highland....
     Ardmay Ardgartan
    Ardgartan

    Ardgartan is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.A youth hostel run by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association operated for 70 years in Ardgartan until it was closed in 2002....
     Ardpeaton Ardrishaig
    Ardrishaig

    Ardrishaig,pronounced "ar-drishig", is a lochside village at the southern entrance to the Crinan Canal in west Scotland, in Argyll. Ardrishaig had 1,283 inhabitans in 2001....
     Arduaine
    Arduaine

    Arduaine is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.External links...
     Arrochar
    Arrochar, Scotland

    Arrochar is a village located near the head of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.It is overlooked by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps, and in particular by the distinctive rocky summit of The Cobbler....
  • Barcaldine Bellochantuy
    Bellochantuy

    Bellochantuy is a small coastal hamlet located on the A83 in Argyll , Scotland around 10 miles north of Campbeltown.Argyll Hotel Bellochanty became the first mainland building in Britain damaged by enemy action when strafed by a German aircraft....
     Benderloch Blairglas Bonawe
    Bonawe

    Bonawe is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland opposite Taynuilt on the north shore of Loch Etive, probably most famous for Bonawe Quarry.The Bonawe Iron Foundry processed iron ore mined at Bonawe but is located across the loch in Taynuilt....
     Bowmore
    Bowmore

    Bowmore is a village on the Scotland island of Islay and serves as administrative capital of the island. It gives its name to the famous Distillation producing Bowmore Single Malt, a Single malt Scotch....
  • Cairndow
    Cairndow

    Cairndow is a coastal hamlet in southwest Scotland.Cairndow lies between the A83 road and the head of Loch Fyne. Administratively it forms part of the Argyll and Bute council area....
     Cardross Carradale
    Carradale

    Carradale is a picturesque village on the east side of Kintyre, overlooking the Kilbrannan Sound and the west coast of the Isle of Arran, approximately 14 miles from Campbeltown....
     Clachan
    Clachan, Kintyre

    Clachan is a small village in North Kintyre, Argyll & Bute. Clachan, the ancient seat of the Church in North Kintyre, houses the old church, surrounded by the carved stones of the Chiefs of the Clan Alasdair....
     Cairnbaan
    Cairnbaan

    Cairnbaan is a village situated on the Crinan Canal, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. Cairnbaan is around halfway between the two ends of the canal, Ardrishaig and Crinan, Argyll and Bute The name, from Scottish Gaelic language, literally means "white hill"....
     Campbeltown
    Campbeltown

    Campbeltown is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran - this form is still used in Gaelic....
     Clachan of Glendaruel Cladich
    Cladich

    Cladich is a scattered settlement in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.Cladich lies on the B840 road just to the west of its junction with the main A819 road....
     Clynder Colgrain Colintraive
    Colintraive

    Colintraive is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Ferries sail between Colintraive and Rhubodach on the Isle of Bute. It is located on the Kyles of Bute or Loch Riddon on the west coast of the Cowal peninsula....
     Connel
    Connel

    Connel is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated on the southern shore of Loch Etive. The Lusragan Burn flows through the village and into the loch....
     Coulport
    Coulport

    For the Royal Navy base, see HMNB ClydeCoulport is a village on the east side of Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.It is 5 miles north-north-west of Cove on the Rosneath peninsula....
     Cove Craigendoran Craighouse
    Craighouse

    Craighouse is the main settlement on the Scottish Inner Hebridean Isle of Jura, Scotland. The village is situated on the sheltered east coast of Jura at the southern end of Small Isles Bay....
     Craignure
    Craignure

    Craignure is a village and the main ferry port on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.The village is located around Craignure Bay, on Mull's east coast....
     Craobh Haven
    Craobh Haven

    Craobh Haven is a small purpose-built village and sailing port on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is situated on the Craignish peninsula, one mile to the west of the A816, and approximately 22 miles south of Oban....
     Crarae Crinan
    Crinan (village)

    Crinan is a small village located on the west coast of Scotland in the region known as Knapdale, which is part of Argyll.The Crinan Canal starts at Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne, and ends nine miles away at Crinan on the Sound of Jura....
  • Dalavich
    Dalavich

    Dalavich is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the western bank of Loch Awe and has a population of around 70."Dalavich" is gaelic in origin and means "meadows/valley of the River Avich"....
     Dalmally
    Dalmally

    Dalmally is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located near the A85 road and is served by Dalmally railway station. It was the home of John Smith, former leader of the Labour Party and is the location of the Craig Lodge Family house of Prayer, A Roman Catholic reteat house....
     Druimdrishaig Drumlemble
    Drumlemble

    Drumlemble is a small village on the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.The village consists of the main settlement of Drumlemble and the two outlying settlements of Easter and Wester Drumlemble....
     Duchlage Dunbeg
    Dunbeg

    Dunbeg, formerly known as Dunstaffnage, a village about two and a half miles outside of Oban has a population of just under 1000. It is home to the Scottish Association for Marine Science , one of the primary marine science centres in the UK....
     Dunoon
    Dunoon

    Dunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde beside Holy Loch and opposite Gourock....
  • Edentaggart
  • Faslane Port Ford
    Ford, Argyll

    Ford is a small Scotland village at the southern end of Loch Awe, Argyll.The village has a guest house . It also has historic paddocks along the burn side of the Ford to Dalavich road. Dun Dubh looks down over the village....
      Furnace
    Furnace, Scotland

    Furnace is a village in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland, on the north shore of Loch Fyne, the longest sea loch in the United Kingdom. Furnace is around eight miles southwest of Inveraray on the A83 road road....
  • Garelochhead
    Garelochhead

    Garelochhead is a small town situated on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is the nearest town to the HMNB Clyde naval base.Garelochhead lies at the head of the Gare Loch, 7 miles northwest of Helensburgh....
     Geilston
    Geilston

    Geilston is a house and an area on the edge of the village of Cardross in Argyll and Bute, Scotland....
     Glenbarr
    Glenbarr

    Glenbarr is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the west cost of the Kintyre peninsula. Nearby Glenbarr Abbey, an 18th century residence, today serves as a visitor centre for the history of Clan MacAlister....
     Glenmallan Grogport
    Grogport

    Grogport is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. It lies on the coast of Scotland, near Kilbrannan Sound, across from the Isle of Arran....
  • Helensburgh
    Helensburgh

    Helensburgh is a town and former burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the eastern shore of the entrance to the Gare Loch....
  • Innellan
    Innellan

    Innellan is a village that lies on the east shore of the Cowal peninsula, on the Firth of Clyde, 4 miles south of the town of Dunoon in Scotland, United Kingdom....
     Inveraray
    Inveraray

    Inveraray is a town and former Royal Burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located on the western shore of Loch Fyne near its head, and on the A83 road....
     Inverbeg Inveruglas
  • Kames Keillmore Kilberry
    Kilberry

    Kilberry is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western coast of the district of Knapdale. Close by the small village is the popular Port Ban Caravan Park which provides both caravans for rent during holiday seasons and plots for privately owned caravans along with a large camping field....
     Kilchenzie Kilcreggan
    Kilcreggan

    Kilcreggan is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.It developed on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde at a time when Clyde steamers brought it within easy reach of Glasgow at about 25 miles west of the centre of Glasgow by boat....
     Kilmadan Kilmartin
    Kilmartin

    Kilmartin is a small village in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It is best known as the centre of Kilmartin Glen, an area with one of the richest concentrations of prehistoric monuments and historical sites in Scotland....
      Kilmore Kilmun
    Kilmun

    Kilmun is a linear settlement on the north shore of the Holy Loch in Argyll and Bute in south-west Scotland, up to the village of Strone at Strone Point where the loch joins the Firth of Clyde....
     Kilninver Kilmelford
  • Lagavulin
    Lagavulin

    Lagavulin is a small village approximately three miles outside Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, Scotland.It is best known for being the home of Lagavulin Single Malt....
     Lochawe
    Loch Awe

    Loch Awe is a large body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It has also given its name to a village on its banks, variously known as Loch Awe, or Lochawe....
     Lochgair
    Lochgair

    Lochgair is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the coast of Loch Gair, a small inlet on the west of Loch Fyne. The A83 road runs through the village....
     Lochgilphead
    Lochgilphead

    Lochgilphead is a town and former burgh in Scotland, with a population of around 3,000 people. It is the administrative centre of Argyll and Bute....
     Lochgoilhead
    Lochgoilhead

    Lochgoilhead ) is a small village of some 300-400 people and is in the Scottish Highlands in Argyll, Scotland.Situated at the head of Loch Goil, where the Goil river, which rises on nearby Ben Donich and Beinn Bheula, flows into the loch , it is surrounded by mountains rising as high as 3 000 feet and is part of the Arrochar Alps....
     Luss
    Luss

    Luss is a village in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond.Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is Clachan dubh, or 'dark village'....
  • Machrihanish
    Machrihanish

    Machrihanish is a village in Argyll, Scotland. Machrihanish boasts a machrihanish golf course described by many as the defining links course in Scotland....
     Millhouse Minard Muasdale
  • Oban
    Oban

    Oban is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William, Highland and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people....
     Ormsary
    Ormsary

    Ormsary is a hamlet in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland....
     Otter Ferry
    Otter Ferry

    Otter Ferry is a settlement in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, formerly the site of a ferry across Loch Fyne.Otter Ferry is situated 9 miles from Poravadie where you can catch the ferry to Tarbert....
  • Peninver
    Peninver

    Peninver is a small village situated on the east coast of Kintyre, Scotland, close to Campbeltown....
     Portavadie
    Portavadie

    Portavadie is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland....
     Port Askaig
    Port Askaig

    Port Askaig is a port village on the east coast of the island of Islay, in Scotland. It serves as the main port of Islay along with Port Ellen sharing passenger services to the Scottish mainland....
     Port Bannatyne
    Port Bannatyne

    Port Bannatyne is a coastal village on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. It is a popular harbour for yachts.It is approximately 2 miles north of Rothesay, Argyll and Bute and 6 miles from Rhubodach....
     Port Charlotte
    Port Charlotte, Islay

    Port Charlotte is a village on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was founded in 1828.Port Charlotte was named after Lord Frederick Campbell's wife, and it was set up mainly to provide housing facilities for the Lochindaal Distillery work force....
     Port Ellen
    Port Ellen

    Port Ellen is a small town on the island of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland.Port Ellen is named after the wife of the founder, Lord Frederick Campbell....
     Portincaple
    Portincaple

    Portincaple is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scotland....
     Portnahaven
    Portnahaven

    Portnahaven is a village on Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.It is located at the southern tip of the Rinns of Islay at the southern end of the A847 road....
     Portkil
    Portkil

    Portkil is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.References...
  • Rahane
    Rahane

    Rahane is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the west bank of the Gare Loch, 2.3 miles South of the more major settlement of Garelochhead and 11 miles from southern Argyll's major town, Helensburgh....
     Rhu
    Rhu

    Rhu is a village and historic parish on the east shore of the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.The traditional spelling of its name was Row, but it was changed in the 1920s so that outsiders would pronounce it correctly....
     Rosneath
    Rosneath

    Rosneath is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It sits on the western shore of the Gare Loch near to the tip of the Rosneath peninsula which projects south to the Firth of Clyde between the Gare Loch and Loch Long to the west, and about 2 miles from the village of Kilcreggan which is sited on the southern end of the peninsula, on the s...
     Rothesay
    Rothesay, Argyll and Bute

    The town of Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the subdivisions of Scotland of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay which offers an onward rail link to Glasgow....
  • Saddell
    Saddell

    Saddell is a small Scotland village situated on the east side of the Kintyre Peninsula of Argyll and Bute, overlooking the Kilbrannan Sound and the Isle of Arran, 8 miles from Campbeltown on the B842 road to Carradale....
     Salen
    Salen, Mull

    An S?ilean or Salen is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory....
     Sandbank Shandon Skipness
    Skipness

    Skipness is a small hamlet on the east coast of Kintyre in Scotland, a few miles south of Tarbert, Kintyre and facing the Isle of Arran.There is a ruined castle and Kilbrannan Chapel, which contains some rare grave slabs....
     Southend
    Southend, Kintyre

    Southend is the main settlement at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies 8 miles south of Campbeltown, the main town in the area....
     Stewarton
    Stewarton, Kintyre

    Stewarton, Kintyre is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland....
     Strachur Succoth
    Succoth, Scotland

    Succoth, Scotland is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland....
  • Tarbert Tarbet Tayinloan
    Tayinloan

    Tayinloan is a village situated on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village has a sub post office and general store, a small hotel....
     Taynuilt
    Taynuilt

    Taynuilt is a large village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland located at the western entrance to the narrow Pass of Brander.The village is situated on the River Nant about a kilometre before the river flows into Loch Etive at Airds Bay....
     Tayvallich
    Tayvallich

    Tayvallich is a small village in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village is built around a sheltered harbour on Loch Sween. It has a primary school, small caravan park, pub and village store....
     Tighnabruaich
    Tighnabruaich

    Tighnabruaich is a village on the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.Tighnabruaich is popular for sailing and yachting and has its own sailing school but shinty is the major sport, with the village being home to Kyles Athletic who have won more Camanachd Cups than any other team apart from Newtonmore and Kingussie....
     Tobermory Torinturk
    Torinturk

    Torinturk is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.Torinturk, is 5 miles from Tarbert. Torinturk comes from the Gaelic for the hill of the boar....
     Toward
    Toward

    Toward is a village near Dunoon at the southern tip of the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.Nearby is Castle Toward, a former country house built close to the ruined Toward Castle....
  • Whistlefield
    Whistlefield

    Whistlefield is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland....
     Whitehouse
    Whitehouse, Kintyre

    Whitehouse is a hamlet on the Kintyre peninsula of Argyll and Bute, Scotland....
    .


Places of interest

  • Argyll Forest Park
  • Carrick Castle
    Carrick Castle

    Carrick Castle is a 15th-century tower house on the west shore of Loch Goil, Argyll, Scotland. It is located between Cuilmuich and Carrick, south of Lochgoilhead....
  • Castle Sween
    Castle Sween

    Castle Sween is located on the eastern shore of Loch Sween, in Knapdale, on the west coast of Argyll, Scotland. Castle Sween is thought to be one of the earliest stone castles built in Scotland, having been built sometime in the late twelfth century....
  • Castle Stalker
    Castle Stalker

    Castle Stalker is a four story tower house or keep picturesquely set on a tidal island on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is located about 1.5 miles north east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland and visible from the A828 road about mid-way between Oban and Glen Coe....
  • Ben Cruachan
    Ben Cruachan

    Ben Cruachan is a 1126 m mountain that is the highest point in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It gives its name to a Pumped-storage hydroelectricity power station located in a cavern inside the mountain....
     Hydroelectric plant
  • Fincharn Castle
  • Gare Loch
    Gare Loch

    The Gare Loch or Gareloch is a sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.A sea loch aligned north-south, Gare Loch is 10 kilometres long with an average width of 1.5 kilometres....
     and Faslane Naval Base
  • Kilchurn Castle
    Kilchurn Castle

    Kilchurn Castle is a ruined 15th century structure on the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.It was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane also known as the Breadalbane family branch, of the Clan Campbell....
  • Kilmartin Glen
    Kilmartin Glen

    Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll not far from Kintyre, which has one of the most important concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in Scotland....
  • Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
    Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

    Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond, and includes several ranges of hills, the Trossachs being the most famous....
  • Lachlan Castle
  • Younger Botanic Garden Benmore
  • Fingal's Cave
    Fingal's Cave

    Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, part of a National Nature Reserve owned by the National Trust for Scotland....
  • Loch Goil
    Loch Goil

    Loch Goil is a small sea loch in Scotland.It is an arm of Loch Long. The village of Lochgoilhead stands at its head.Located in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park, Lochgoilhead sits at the head of Loch Goil, a fjord type sea loch....
  • Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
    Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

    Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond, and includes several ranges of hills, the Trossachs being the most famous....
  • Forestry Commission
    Forestry Commission

    The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. Its mission is to protect and expand Britain's forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment....
  • River Orchy
  • Ben Cruachan
    Ben Cruachan

    Ben Cruachan is a 1126 m mountain that is the highest point in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It gives its name to a Pumped-storage hydroelectricity power station located in a cavern inside the mountain....
  • Beinn Dorain
    Beinn Dorain

    Beinn Dorain , is a mountain located in the Bridge of Orchy hills of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is one of the most recognisable mountains in Scotland, as it curves gracefully up from the West Highland Way....
  • West Highland Way
    West Highland Way

    The West Highland Way is a linear Long-distance trail in Scotland, with the official status of Long Distance Routes. It is 153 kilometres long, running from Milngavie north of Glasgow to Fort William, Highland in the Scottish Highlands, with an element of hill walking in the route....
  • Arrochar Alps
    Arrochar Alps

    The Arrochar Alps are a group of mountains located around the head of Loch Long, Loch Fyne,and Loch Goil, near the villages of Arrochar, Scotland and Lochgoilhead in Argyll, Scotland....
  • Ben Donich
    Ben Donich

    Ben Donich is a mountain located in the Arrochar Alps, near Loch Goil in Argyll and Bute. It is a Corbett and part of the Ardgoil range with its sister The Brack. Ben Donich's nearest town is Lochgoilhead....
  • Argyll Mountains
  • Loch Goil Mountains


Islands

  • Bute
    Isle of Bute

    Bute, also known as the Isle of Bute is one of the islands of the lower Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Formerly part of the Counties of Scotland of Buteshire, it now constitutes part of the council area of Argyll and Bute....
  • Cara
    Cara Island

    Cara Island is a small island which is located off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland....
  • Coll
    Coll

    Coll is a small island, west of Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breachacha Castle....
  • Colonsay
    Colonsay

    Colonsay is an island in the Scotland Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Isle of Mull and has an area of . It is the ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeill....
  • Davaar Island
    Davaar Island

    Davaar Island or Island Davaar is located at the mouth of Campbeltown Loch off the east coast of Kintyre, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is a tidal island, linked to the mainland by a natural shingle causeway called the Dhorlin near Campbeltown at tide....
  • Fladda
    Fladda

    Fladda is one of the Slate Islands, off the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.Fladda is an islet in the Sound of Luing, between Luing and Belnahua....
  • Gigha
    Gigha

    The Isle of Gigha is a small island off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland. The island forms part of Argyll and Bute and has a population of about 150 people, many of whom speak Scottish Gaelic....
  • Glunimore Island
    Glunimore Island

    Glunimore Island is an uninhabited island around 5 kilometres south east of the Kintyre peninsula, Scotland. It lies alongside Sanda Island and Sheep Island, Argyll and Bute...
  • Gometra
    Gometra

    Gometra is an island in the Scotland Inner Hebrides, lying west of Isle of Mull. It lies immediately west of Ulva, to which it is linked by a bridge, and at low tide also by a beach....
  • Gunna
    Gunna

    Gunna is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland....
  • Inchmarnock
    Inchmarnock

    Inchmarnock is an island at the northern end of the Sound of Bute on the west coast of Scotland....
  • Iona
    Iona

    Iona is a small island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland that has an important place in the history of Christianity in Scotland and is renowned for its tranquility and natural beauty....
  • Islay
    Islay

    Islay , a Scotland island, known as "The Queen of the Hebrides" , is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides. It lies in Argyll just to the west of Jura, Scotland and around north of the Irish coast, which can be seen on a clear day....
  • Jura
    Jura, Scotland

    Jura is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, situated adjacent and to the north-east of Islay. The island is designated as a National Scenic Area ....
  • Kerrera
    Kerrera

    Kerrera is a island in the Scotland Inner Hebrides, close to the town of Oban. In 2005, it has a population of about 35 people and is linked to the mainland by passenger ferry on the Gallanach Road....
  • Lismore
    Lismore, Scotland

    Lismore Island is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The fertile, low-lying island was once a major centre of Celtic Christianity, with a monastery founded by Saint Moluag and the seat of the Bishop of Argyll....
  • Luing
    Luing

    Luing is one of the Slate Islands, Firth of Lorn, in the west of Argyll in Scotland, about 16 miles south of Oban. It has a population of around 200 people, mostly living in Cullipool, Toberonochy , and Ardlarach....
  • Lunga, Treshnish Isles
  • Lunga, Firth of Lorn
    Lunga, Firth of Lorn

    Lunga is one of the Slate Islands in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland. The "Grey Dog" tidal race, which runs in the sea channel to the south, reaches 8 knots in full flood....
  • Mull
    Isle of Mull

    The Isle of Mull or simply Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the Council areas of Scotland of Argyll and Bute....
  • Sanda
  • Scarba
    Scarba

    Scarba is a small island, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, just north of the much larger island of Jura, Scotland. The island has not been permanently inhabited for many years....
  • Seil
    Seil

    One of the Slate Islands, Seil is small island on the east side of the Firth of Lorn, southwest of Oban, in Scotland.Seil has been linked to the Scottish mainland since 1792 when the Clachan Bridge was built by engineer Robert Mylne....
     (which is not always regarded as an island)
  • Sheep Island
    Sheep Island, Argyll and Bute

    Sheep Island is a small island situated off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland.Sheep Island, along with Sanda Island and Glunimore Island, form a small group of islands approximately 3 kilometres south of Kintyre at ....
  • Shuna
    Shuna, Slate Islands

    Shuna is one of the Slate Islands lying east of Luing on the west coast of Scotland....
     in the Firth of Lorne
  • Shuna
    Shuna, Loch Linnhe

    Shuna Island is an island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin. The island is characterised by a table topped hill at its southern end.Castle Shuna a small tower-house, now in ruins lies at the south end...
     in Appin
  • Staffa
    Staffa

    Staffa from the Old Norse for stave or pillar island, is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built from vertically placed tree-logs....
  • Texa
    Texa

    Texa is a small island directly south of Islay, in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It reaches a height of at its highest point, Ceann Garbh. It is part of the parish of Kildalton on Islay....
  • Tiree
    Tiree

    Tiree is an island in the Scotland Inner Hebrides southwest of Coll. It has an area of and a population of around 800 people. The low-lying island is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, are the main sources of employment for the islanders....
  • Ulva
    Ulva

    Ulva is an island in the Scotland Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Isle of Mull.There are several ruined settlements on the island, the most famous of which being Ormaig....


Ferries

The main ferry operator in Argyll & Bute is Caledonian MacBrayne
Caledonian MacBrayne

Caledonian MacBrayne is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast....
, including services from the mainland to Bute
Bute

Bute may refer to:*Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland*County of Bute, also known as Buteshire, in Scotland*Bute, South Australia, a small town on the Yorke Peninsula, Australia...
, Gigha
Gigha

The Isle of Gigha is a small island off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland. The island forms part of Argyll and Bute and has a population of about 150 people, many of whom speak Scottish Gaelic....
, Islay
Islay

Islay , a Scotland island, known as "The Queen of the Hebrides" , is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides. It lies in Argyll just to the west of Jura, Scotland and around north of the Irish coast, which can be seen on a clear day....
, Mull
Mull

Mull could refer to the following:*Mull, an Anglicization of the Goidelic languages Maol, a term for a rounded hill, summit, or mountain, bare of trees ....
 and Tiree
Tiree

Tiree is an island in the Scotland Inner Hebrides southwest of Coll. It has an area of and a population of around 800 people. The low-lying island is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, are the main sources of employment for the islanders....
.

Dunoon based operator Western Ferries
Western Ferries

Western Ferries is a private ferry company with its headquarters in Dunoon, Scotland. It currently operates on the River Clyde running a year-round, high-frequency service between Hunters Quay and Gourock in Inverclyde....
 ply the busy Dunoon to Gourock
Gourock

Gourock is a burgh in Inverclyde, Scotland. It has in the past functioned as a resort town on the Firth of Clyde. Its principal function today, however, is as a popular residential area, extending contiguously from Greenock, with a railway terminus and ferry services across the Clyde....
 route in direct competition with Caledonian MacBrayne.

Argyll and Bute Council directly operates its own ferries on the following routes:
  • Seil
    Seil

    One of the Slate Islands, Seil is small island on the east side of the Firth of Lorn, southwest of Oban, in Scotland.Seil has been linked to the Scottish mainland since 1792 when the Clachan Bridge was built by engineer Robert Mylne....
     - Luing
    Luing

    Luing is one of the Slate Islands, Firth of Lorn, in the west of Argyll in Scotland, about 16 miles south of Oban. It has a population of around 200 people, mostly living in Cullipool, Toberonochy , and Ardlarach....
  • Seil
    Seil

    One of the Slate Islands, Seil is small island on the east side of the Firth of Lorn, southwest of Oban, in Scotland.Seil has been linked to the Scottish mainland since 1792 when the Clachan Bridge was built by engineer Robert Mylne....
     - Easdale
    Easdale

    Easdale is one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn, Scotland. Once the centre of the British slate industry, there has been some recent island regeneration....
  • Port Appin - Lismore
    Lismore

    Lismore may refer to:...


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