Lochgilphead

Lochgilphead is a town at the head of Loch Gilp, an inlet of Loch Fyne. It's the administrative centre of on the west coast of Scotland, and in 2021 had a population of 2240.
  • Town with 2,260 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 26 feet (8 metres)
  • Description: town and former burgh in Argyll, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kilmory Castle and Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks.
was a mental health facility in Lochgilphead, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardrishaig and Cairnbaan.
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Lochgilphead

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Latitude
56.0375° or 56° 2′ 15″ north
Longitude
-5.4331° or 5° 25′ 59″ west
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GB LOH
Open location code
9C8P2HQ8+2Q
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Lochgilphead” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Lochgilphead”
  • Azerbaijani: “Loxqilpxed”
  • Basque: “Lochgilphead”
  • Belarusian: “Лахгілпхед”
  • Breton: “Ceann Loch Gilb”
  • Bulgarian: “Лочгилпхеад”
  • Catalan: “Lochgilphead”
  • Cebuano: “Lochgilphead”
  • Chinese: “洛赫吉尔普黑德”
  • Chinese: “洛赫吉尔菲德”
  • Chinese: “洛赫吉爾普黑德”
  • Chinese: “洛赫吉爾菲德”
  • Dutch: “Lochgilphead”
  • Esperanto: “Lochgilphead”
  • French: “Lochgilphead”
  • German: “Lochgilphead”
  • Hausa: “Lochgilphead”
  • Hebrew: “לוכגילפהד”
  • Ido: “Lochgilphead”
  • Irish: “Ceann Loch Gilb”
  • Italian: “Lochgilphead”
  • Japanese: “ロッホギルフェッド”
  • Japanese: “ロッホギルプヘッド”
  • Korean: “로크길프헤드”
  • Latvian: “Lohgilpheda”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ceann Loch Gilb”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lochgilphead”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lochgilphead”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lochgilphead”
  • Norwegian: “Lochgilphead”
  • Persian: “لوکگیلپهید”
  • Polish: “Lochgilphead”
  • Portuguese: “Lochgilphead”
  • Russian: “Лохгилпхед”
  • Scots: “Lochgilpheid”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann Loch Gilb”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lochgilphead”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lochgilphead”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لوکقیلپهید”
  • Spanish: “Lochgilphead”
  • Swedish: “Lochgilphead”
  • Tumbuka: “Lochgilphead”
  • Ukrainian: “Лохгілпхед”
  • Welsh: “Lochgilphead”

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