Boat Charters
Keltic Lady: Sorcha Boat Charters, Row End, Tarbert Road, Ardrishaig, Argyll, PA30 8EA. They offer seasonal 6 hour sea angling trips and 2-3 hour mackerel trips on Loch Fyne aboard The Keltic Lady which is fully licensed and insured to carry 12 passengers. There are many fish species in Loch Fyne: cod, whiting, conger, pollack, wrasse, dogfish and flatfish being the most common.
You can also go on two hour sightseeing/photographic trips with opportunity to see many species of sea birds, local seal colony or visiting porpoises. Contact Nikki or Kenny, Telephone: 01546 606512, or 0788 411 2228 (boat phone).
Car Park
Free Car Parking is plentiful. You can park
at designated free car parks: opposite the Ardrishaig Cooperative Store, Chalmers
Street Ardrishaig; in Lochgilphead there is designated free car park at Lorne
Street with entry also from Poltalloch Street (A83). There are some parking spaces
at the road side in some areas.
Coach Service
Regular coach service is available to and from Glasgow and
Campbeltown. Coach service on School days is also available to Oban:
Glasgow - Ardrishaig - Campbeltown: Citylink Coach Service Number:
926 leaves Glasgow thrice daily (on Sunday no service at 1330) at 0900, 1330 and
1800 hours. Journey time to Ardrishaig is approximately 3 hours. Ardrishaig to
Campbeltown it takes another one hours and 20 minutes. Adult Return Fare (March,
2010) is £21.70 for a return journey from Glasgow to Ardrishaig. For more details
contact Citylink: Telephone; 0871 266 3333 or visit their
web site.
Tarbert - Ardrishaig - Lochgilphead - Oban:
West Coast Motors Coach service is available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays. Coach leaves Tarbert at 08:45, travels through Ardrishaig, change at
Lochgilphead, and it reaches Oban at 10:35. Reverse journey is available on same
days, leaving Oban at 13:45, arriving Tarbert at 16:47. For further details contact
West Coast Motors: Telephone; 01586 552319 or visit their
web site.
Ferry Service
Caledonian MacBrayne are our local ferry service provider
and they operate several routes. Service times change during Summer and Winter,
therefore you will be well advised to check the times. Visit their
web site.
Details of some of their ferry services which are relevant to Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead
and Tarbert, and the ones you might be interested in case you decide to visit
some of the nearby islands, are given
here.
Taxi Service
Alasdair A Macdonald: Lairfad, Ardfern, Lochgilphead, Argyll, PA31
8QR. Telephone: 01852 500638.
Cumlodden Taxis, 1 Allt Na Ceardaich, Crarae Furnace,
Inveraray, Argyll, PA32 8XZ. Telephone: 01499 500277.
Glenfyne Taxi Company, 11 Upper Glenfyne Park,
Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead, Argyll, PA30 8HH. Local and Long Distance, Airport Runs,
Business Contracts. Telephone: 07850 645671.
Hendersons Coach Hire: Kintyre Place, Tarbert,
Argyll, PA29 6UL. Car, Coach Airport Transfers, Private Hire. Telephone: 01880
820220, Fax: 01880 821100.
