Benderloch (, ) is a village in
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 ...
, 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 and Muckairn, Argyll, Scotland.
It grew up as the railway line from
Ballachulish
The village of Ballachulish ( or , from Scottish Gaelic ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries, and now primarily serves tourists in the area.
Name
The name Ballachulish (from Scottish Gaelic, ''Baile a' Chao ...
to Connel was completed in the early part of the 1900s, between the older locations of Selma and Craigneuk. It is marked on 1900s Ordnance Survey maps as New Selma.
Its
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
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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