Benderloch ( gd, Meadarloch, ) is a village in
Argyll and Bute
Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...
, Scotland. The name is derived from ''Beinn eadar dà loch'', meaning "mountain between two lochs".
Benderloch lies on the
A828 road in the coastal parish of
Ardchattan
Ardchattan and Muckairn is a civil parish within Argyll and Bute in Scotland. It lies north of Oban, bordering Loch Etive and includes Glen Ure, Glen Creran, Barcaldine, Benderloch, Connel, Bonawe and Glen Etive. At the 2001 census, Ardchat ...
, Argyll, Scotland.
It grew up as the railway line from Ballachullish to Connel was completed in the early part of the 1900s, between the older locations of Selma and Craigneuk.
Its
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
closed in 1966.
Benderloch has a village shop (the renowned "Pink Shop"), garage, caravan and leisure store, cafe and a forest walk up to a viewpoint on the summit of Beinn Lora.
Benderloch forms part of the Lynn of Lorn
National Scenic Area, one of forty in Scotland.
"National Scenic Areas"
. SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
References
External links
Village website
Villages in Argyll and Bute
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