Ardlui
Tarbet is a village on Loch Lomond in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Arrochar is a village two miles west, on Loch Long. Tarbet and Arrochar are good bases for exploring the west bank of Loch Lomond, but they're far from peaceful.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Àird Laoigh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ardlui railway station and Ben Vorlich.
Ardlui railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ardlui railway station is a rural railway station, serving Ardlui at the north end of Loch Lomond, in Scotland. The station is located on the West Highland Line, sited 27 miles 43 chains from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh, between Crianlarich and Arrochar and Tarbet.
Ben Vorlich
Peak
Photo: Alan White, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ben Vorlich is a mountain in the Arrochar Alps of Argyll, in the Southern Highlands of Scotland. It reaches 943 metres, making it a Munro. It lies between Loch Lomond and Loch Sloy. Ben Vorlich is situated 2½ miles southwest of Ardlui.
Island I Vow
Islet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Island I Vow is a wooded islet near the head of Loch Lomond in west-central Scotland. It is 10 m tall at its highest point, and 80 m long. The island contains the remains of a castle built by the chief of Clan MacFarlane in 1577. Island I Vow is situated 2 miles southeast of Ardlui.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverarnan and Inveruglas.
Inverarnan
Hamlet
Photo: Raymond Chisholm, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverarnan is a small hamlet in Stirling, Scotland, near the village of Crianlarich and the hamlet of Ardlui, Argyll and Bute. It is the only settlement in the historical county of Perthshire which has a G postcode. Inverarnan is situated 1½ miles north of Ardlui.
Inveruglas
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Day, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inveruglas is a hamlet on the west shore of Loch Lomond, fairly near the north end of the loch and is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Inveruglas is situated 4 miles south of Ardlui.
Inversnaid
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inversnaid is a small rural community on the east bank of Loch Lomond in Scotland, near the north end of the loch. It has a pier and a hotel, and the West Highland Way passes through the area. Inversnaid is situated 4½ miles south of Ardlui.
Ardlui
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.30294° or 56° 18′ 11″ northLongitude
-4.72154° or 4° 43′ 18″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
9C8Q873H+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 268142315OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Scottish Gaelic—“Ardlui” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ardlui”
- French: “Ardlui”
- Irish: “Àird Laoigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Àird Laoigh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ardlui”
- “Àird Laoigh”
- “Ardlui”
- “Ardlui - Àird Laoigh”
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