Tighnabruaich is a village on the
Kyles of ButeThe Kyles of Bute are a narrow sea channel which separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute from the Cowal peninsula, part of the Scottish mainland....
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Argyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead....
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ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Tighnabruaich is popular for sailing and yachting and has its own sailing school.
ShintyShinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played almost exclusively in the Highlands of Scotland, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other...
is the major sport, with the village being home to
Kyles AthleticKyles Athletic Shinty Club is a shinty team from Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland. It is one of the sports most illustrious names, presently playing in the Premier Division after recently being outwith the top flight of Scottish Shinty...
who have won more
Camanachd CupThe Camanachd Association Challenge Cup or the Camanachd Cup or Scottish Cup as it is known is the premier prize in the sport of shinty.- The tournament :...
s than any other team apart from Newtonmore and Kingussie.
There are a number of cycle routes posted for the area as well as signed walking routes.
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Tighnabruaich is a village on the
Kyles of ButeThe Kyles of Bute are a narrow sea channel which separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute from the Cowal peninsula, part of the Scottish mainland....
in
Argyll and ButeArgyll and Bute is both one of 32 unitary council areas; and a Lieutenancy area in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead....
,
ScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
.
Tighnabruaich is popular for sailing and yachting and has its own sailing school.
ShintyShinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played almost exclusively in the Highlands of Scotland, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other...
is the major sport, with the village being home to
Kyles AthleticKyles Athletic Shinty Club is a shinty team from Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland. It is one of the sports most illustrious names, presently playing in the Premier Division after recently being outwith the top flight of Scottish Shinty...
who have won more
Camanachd CupThe Camanachd Association Challenge Cup or the Camanachd Cup or Scottish Cup as it is known is the premier prize in the sport of shinty.- The tournament :...
s than any other team apart from Newtonmore and Kingussie.
There are a number of cycle routes posted for the area as well as signed walking routes. Accommodation can be found at various hotels and guest houses. Tighnabruaich pier is used by the
paddle steamerA paddle steamer is a ship or boat driven by a steam engine that uses one or more paddle wheels to develop thrust for propulsion. It is also a type of steamboat. Boats with paddle wheels on the sides are termed sidewheelers, while those with a single wheel on the stern are known as sternwheelers....
WaverleyThe paddle steamer Waverley is the last operational Clyde steamer, and the last seagoing paddle steamer in the world. Named after Sir Walter Scott's first novel, the Waverley regularly sails from Glasgow and other towns on the Firth of Clyde, the Thames, the South Coast of England and the Bristol...
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The village has a gift shop, art gallery, post office and a couple of coffee shops. Tighnabruaich also has an
Royal National Lifeboat InstitutionThe Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the British Isles, as well as inshore. It was founded on 4 March 1824 as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, adopting the present name in 1854...
inshore lifeboat station which currently has an Atlantic 75 type lifeboat and tractor on station.
Many local handicrafts are made in the village, with a number of craft fairs organised each year.
Tighnabruaich was voted "the prettiest village in Argyll, Lomond and Stirlingshire" in 2002.
Tighnabruaich is next to the village of
KamesKames is a small village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.It is connected to Tighnabruaich and has a grocery store, post office, church, police station and hotel....
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