Ardrishaig

Ardrishaig Scottish Gaelic: Rubha Àird Driseig
Chalmers Street, the high street through the village.
Ardrishaig
Ardrishaig shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NR 85030 85148
District	Argyllshire
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ardrishaig
Postcode district	PA30
Dialling code	01546
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute
List of places UK Scotland 56°00′39″N 5°27′00″W / 56.010917°N 5.4500420°W / 56.010917; -5.4500420Coordinates: 56°00′39″N 5°27′00″W / 56.010917°N 5.4500420°W / 56.010917; -5.4500420

Ardrishaig ⁱ/ɑːrˈdrɪʃɪɡ/ (Scottish Gaelic: Rubha Àird Driseig) is a lochside village at the southern (eastern) entrance to the Crinan Canal in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland. Ardrishaig had 1,283 inhabitants in 2001.

The village is on the side of a hill bordering Loch Fyne immediately to the south of Lochgilphead. It has a pier, a lighthouse, a couple of public houses, antiques shops and hotels. Scottish Canals has an office by the canal basin. Ardrishaig harbour's first pier was built in 1873. To its north side is the Crinan Canal sea lock and to the south are pontoons and anchorage for boats. About 30,000 tonnes of timber pass through the harbour annually but it has the capacity for 150,000 tonnes.

In the 1970s, the village was significantly altered when a row of old houses and shops on the lochside of the main street was demolished to make way for a car park. Most trading now takes place in the neighbouring town Lochgilphead.

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