North Connel

North Connel from the south shore

North Connel is a hamlet on the north side of Loch Etive in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Connel Bridge connects the community to Connel on the south shore of the loch, approximately 7 kilometres from Oban.[1] While the bridge belonged to British Rail, a toll was charged to cross and it closed at night.[citation needed] Once sparsely populated, the number of houses in North Connel quickly increased after the bridge was handed over to Argyllshire County Council in the late 1960s.[citation needed]

Oban Airport or Connel Airfield is nearby.[2]

References

  1. ^ "North Connel". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Oban Airport". Oban and Lorn Online. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to North Connel.

56°27′32″N 5°23′46″W / 56.45889°N 5.39611°W / 56.45889; -5.39611


Stub icon

This Argyll and Bute location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.