Lochawe

Lochawe is a village in , , . Lochawe is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Loch Obha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lochawe, War Memorial and St Conan’s Tower.

Memorial
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Historic building
Photo: Alpin Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Conan's Tower is a 19th-century granite-built country house, near Lochawe in , . Designed and built by architect, author and antiquarian Walter Douglas Campbell, a young brother of Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood, St Conan's Tower was intended as a winter home for the family.

Railway station
Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the village of Lochawe, on the northern bank of , in western . This station is on the branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardanaiseig and Dalmally.

Hamlet
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is a settlement on , , Scotland. Loch Awe is one of Scotland's longest freshwater lochs measuring 41.5km from end-to-end. is situated 2 miles southwest of Lochawe.

Village
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is a village in , Scotland. It is near the A85 road and is served by . Former Labour Party leader John Smith was born in in 1938. is situated 3 miles east of Lochawe.

Hamlet
is a scattered settlement in , . lies on the B840 road just to the west of its junction with the main A819. is situated 3½ miles south of Lochawe.

Lochawe

Latitude
56.39665° or 56° 23′ 48″ north
Longitude
-5.05236° or 5° 3′ 9″ west
Elevation
187 feet (57 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LCA
Open location code
9C8P9WWX+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2324752603
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11240117
Wiki­data ID
Q1867311
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Lochawe” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Loch Obha”
  • Cornish: “Loch Obha”
  • German: “Lochawe”
  • Irish: “Loch Obha”
  • Manx: “Loch Obha”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Loch Obha”
  • Swedish: “Lochawe”
  • Welsh: “Loch Obha”
  • “Loch Obha”
  • “Lochawe”
  • “Lochawe - Loch Obha”

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Highlights include Crannog and Lochawe Post Office.

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