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Whitehouse, Argyll
Whitehouse (, ) is a hamlet on the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located around southwest of Tarbert and around north of Campbeltown Campbeltown (; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre Peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port. The 2018 populatio .... References External links Villages in Kintyre {{Argyll-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll And Bute
Argyll and Bute (; , ) is one of 32 unitary authority, unitary council areas of Scotland, council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020). The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead at Kilmory Castle, a 19th-century Gothic Revival building and estate. The current council leader is Councillor Jim Lynch. Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland (council area), Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling (council area), Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. History The County of County of Bute, Bute and the County of Argyll were two of the shires of Scotland, historic counties of Scotland. They were both "''shires''" (context; the area controlled by a sheriff principal, sheriff) in the Middle Ages. From 1890 until 1975 both counties had individual separate ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll, Bute And South Lochaber (UK Parliament Constituency)
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber is a List of UK Parliament constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, since when it has been held by Brendan O'Hara of the Scottish National Party, who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency), Argyll and Bute from 2015 to 2024. Boundaries The vast majority of the new constituency comprises the area of the abolished constituency of Argyll and Bute (UK Parliament constituency), Argyll and Bute, which was coterminous with Argyll and Bute, Argyll and Bute Council, and comprises the following wards: * Cowal (ward), Cowal * Dunoon (ward), Dunoon * Helensburgh Central (ward), Helensburgh Central * Helensburgh and Lomond South (ward), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyll And Bute (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
Argyll and Bute (Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic: ''Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd'') is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood) covering most of the Council areas of Scotland, council area of Argyll and Bute. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament, Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions, electoral region, which elects seven additional member system (Scottish Parliament), additional members, in addition to the eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Jenni Minto of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Electoral region The Argyll and Bute constituency is part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kintyre
Kintyre (, ) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The peninsula stretches about , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East Loch Tarbert, Argyll, East and West Loch Tarbert, Argyll, West Loch Tarbert in the north. The region immediately north of Kintyre is known as Knapdale. Kintyre is long and narrow, at no point more than from west coast to east coast, and is less than wide where it connects to Knapdale at the north. Kintyre is the lower Firth of Clyde western coast and protects the Firth from the Atlantic Ocean. The southerly tip of Kintyre is on the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel that separates southwestern Scotland from Northern Ireland. The east side of the Kintyre Peninsula is bounded by Kilbrannan Sound, with a number of coastal peaks such as Torr Mor. The central spine of the peninsula is mostly hilly moorland, the highest point being Beinn an Tuirc at . The coastal areas and hinterland, however, are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarbert, Kintyre
Tarbert (, ; more fully ''Tairbeart Loch Fìne'' "Tarbert [of] Loch Fyne" to distinguish it from Tarbert, other Tarberts) is a village in the west of Scotland, in the Argyll and Bute council areas of Scotland, council area. It is built at the head of an inlet of Loch Fyne called East Loch Tarbert, Argyll, East Loch Tarbert, on a narrow isthmus which connects Kintyre to the south with Knapdale to the north and separates East Loch Tarbert from the much longer West Loch Tarbert, Argyll, West Loch Tarbert. Tarbert had a recorded population of 1,338 in the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census. Tarbert has a long history both as a harbour and as a strategic point guarding access to Kintyre and the Inner Hebrides. The name Tarbert is the anglicised form of the Gaelic word ''tairbeart'', which literally translates as "carrying across" and refers to the narrowest strip of land between two bodies of water over which goods or entire boats can be carried (portage). In past times cargoes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbeltown
Campbeltown (; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre Peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port. The 2018 population estimate was 4,600, indicating a reduction since the 2011 census. History Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran (an anglicization of the Gaelic, which means 'head of the loch by the kirk of Ciarán'), Campbeltown was renamed in the 17th century as ''Campbell's Town'' after Archibald Campbell ( Earl of Argyll) was granted the site in 1667. Campbeltown Town Hall was completed in 1760. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution opened Campbeltown Lifeboat Station in 1861. The present building dates from 1996. Economy In addition to the benefits of distilling, and whisky tourism, there were two major employers in 2018, Campbeltown Creamery and CS Wind UK, who provided "a substantial portion of the Campbeltown area’s high skilled jobs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
