Ardminish

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Ardminish
Gaelic: Aird Mhèanais
Argyllshire
Ardminish Bay, Gigha.jpg
Ardminish Bay, from the Gigha ferry
Location
Grid reference: NR642464
Location: 55°39’15"N, 5°44’57"W
Data
Post town: Isle Of Gigha
Postcode: PA41
Dialling code: 01583
Local Government
Council: Argyll and Bute
Parliamentary
constituency:
Argyll and Bute

Ardminish is the sole village on Gigha, a small isle of the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Kintyre, in Argyllshire. The village is connected to the mainland by a regular ferry service that runs to Tayinloan.

Ardminish has the island's pier, post office and shop.

The name Ardminish means "The headland of the narrow point", from a mixture of Gaelic and Norse.

The Gigha Hotel, Ardminish

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