Campbeltown

Campbeltown is a town near the south tip of Kintyre, the long narrow peninsula of in the west of Scotland. It's only 60 mi from Glasgow as the crow flies, but 135 mi by road winding around the many lochs and mountain ranges.
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  • Type: Town with 4,500 residents
  • Description: town on Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Cammeltoun”, “Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain”, “Ceann Locha”, and “Kinlochkilkerran”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Library and Museum, Campbeltown and Campbeltown Picture House.

Museum
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The is a Category A listed building in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute.

Movie theater
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The is a theatre located in Campbeltown, . Opened in 1913, it was one of the first purpose-built cinemas in Scotland. It is the only remaining example of an Atmospheric theatre in Scotland.

Museum
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The is a and heritage centre in Campbeltown, , Scotland. The centre is the main repository for social history for the Peninsula from around 1700 to the present day, and is run by the Kintyre Amenity Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilchenzie.

Village
is a small farming community situated 5 miles northwest of Campbeltown on the peninsula in , Scotland. It is reached from north and south by the A83 road. In 1961 it had a population of 69. is situated 4 miles northwest of Campbeltown.

Campbeltown

Latitude
55.4242° or 55° 25′ 27″ north
Longitude
-5.6051° or 5° 36′ 18″ west
Population
4,500
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
IATA airport code
CAL
United Nations Location Code
GB CBT
Open location code
9C7PC9FV+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1208895334
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653915
Wiki­data ID
Q1012490
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Campbeltown” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Քեմբելթաուն”
  • Asturian: “Campbeltown”
  • Basque: “Campbeltown”
  • Bavarian: “Campbeltown”
  • Breton: “Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain”
  • Catalan: “Campbeltown”
  • Cebuano: “Campbeltown”
  • Chinese: “坎貝爾城”
  • Danish: “Campbeltown”
  • Dutch: “Campbeltown”
  • French: “Campbeltown”
  • German: “Campbeltown”
  • Hebrew: “קמבלטאון”
  • Irish: “Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain”
  • Irish: “Ceann Loch Chille Chiaráin”
  • Italian: “Campbeltown”
  • Japanese: “キャンベルタウン”
  • Korean: “캠벨타운”
  • Manx: “Balley Keeill Charane”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Campbeltown”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Campbeltown”
  • Norwegian: “Campbeltown”
  • Persian: “کمبل‌تاون”
  • Persian: “کمپبل‌تاون”
  • Polish: “Campbeltown”
  • Portuguese: “Campbeltown”
  • Portuguese: “Kilkerran”
  • Portuguese: “Kinlochkerran”
  • Portuguese: “Kinlochkilkerran”
  • Russian: “Кэмпбелтаун”
  • Scots: “Cammeltoun”
  • Scots: “Campbeltoun”
  • Scots: “Campbeltown”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Campbelltown”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Campbeltown”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Campbeltown”
  • Spanish: “Campbeltown”
  • Swedish: “Campbeltown”
  • Turkish: “Campbeltown”
  • Ukrainian: “Кемпбелтаун”
  • Urdu: “کیمبلٹن”
  • Welsh: “Campbeltown”
  • “Campbeltown”

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