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Tighnabruaich (; ) is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. It is west of Glasgow and north of the Isle of Arran. Tighnabruaich is Gaelic for "house of the bank".

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Place details

Locality
Tighnabruaich
Region
Alba / Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Population
520
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.gaelic_name
Taigh na Bruaich
UK place.official_name
Tighnabruaich
UK place.static_image_name
File:PS Waverley At Tighnabruaich - geograph.org.uk - 2742657.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
The PS Waverley at Tighnabruaich (2008)
UK place.population_ref
()
UK place.unitary_scotland
Argyll and Bute
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
Argyll and Bute
UK place.constituency_westminster
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
Argyll and Bute
UK place.country
Scotland
UK place.os_grid_reference
NR 98000 72900
UK place.post_town
TIGHNABRUAICH
UK place.postcode_area
PA
UK place.postcode_district
PA21
UK place.dial_code
01700

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Population
520
Image
Tighnabruaich, the pier - geograph.org.uk - 922990.jpg
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Commons category
Tighnabruaich
located in/on physical feature
Cowal
historic county
Argyll
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Transport
  • History
  • RNLI
  • Sport and leisure
  • Kyles Athletic Shinty Club
  • National Cycle Route 75
  • References
  • External links

Tighnabruaich (; ) is a village on the Cowal Peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. It is west of Glasgow and north of the Isle of Arran. Tighnabruaich is Gaelic for "house of the bank".

Tighnabruaich is now part of a continuous coastal strip of housing that joins onto Kames.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tighnabruaich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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