Tarbet, Argyll

Tarbet (Scottish Gaelic: An Tairbeart, in full Tairbeart Loch Laomainn 'Crossing Place of Loch Lomond') is a small village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, located within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.^[3]

OSgridreferenceNN 31837 04578

London375^[2] mi (604 km)

Post townALEXANDRIA

UKParliament

• Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

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Tarbet Scottish Gaelic: An Tairbeart
Tarbet Pier, Loch Lomond - geograph.org.uk - 1658954
Tarbet Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference	NN 31837 04578
• Edinburgh	61[1] mi (98 km)
• London	375[2] mi (604 km)
Council area	Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area	Dunbartonshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALEXANDRIA
Postcode district	G83
Dialling code	01301
UK Parliament	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Dumbarton
List of places UK Scotland 56.203997°N 4.7125030°W / 56.203997; -4.7125030

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Traditionally on the northern fringes of the historic County of Dunbartonshire, it is on the banks of Loch Lomond, and has a pier. It stands on an isthmus where Loch Long and Loch Lomond come close. The village of Arrochar stands at the head of Loch Long, at the other side of the isthmus. Arrochar and Tarbet railway station, on the West Highland Line, stands between the two villages. The village has a primary school (Arrochar Primary School), hotels and bed and breakfasts, and a Tourist Information Centre.

Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic word for isthmus, although Tarbert is the more common anglicization, and Tarbat also exists.

In the reign of William the Lyon, Gille Chriosd, lord of Tarbet granted unrestricted access to his woods for mature timbers for the building of Paisley Priory.^[4]

The village is formed around the junction of the A82 (Glasgow/Inverness) and A83 (Tarbert/Campbeltown).

The area around Arrochar and Tarbet has become the scene of "squirrel wars". The red squirrel is resisting the offensive by the grey squirrel taking place across United Kingdom, since there is a type of woodland they find more favourable than most.^[5][6]