Sandbank, Argyll

Sandbank
Looking southeast along the A815 in Sandbank
Scotland
Scotland
Sandbank
Location within Argyll and Bute
Population1,320 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS 163 802
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode districtPA23
Dialling code01369
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°58′44″N 4°56′46″W / 55.979°N 4.946°W / 55.979; -4.946

Sandbank (Scottish Gaelic: an Oitir or Taigh a' Chladaich)[2] is a village on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) north of Dunoon on the coastal A815 (low road) or the inland A885 (high road). It sits on the southern shore of the Holy Loch, a sea loch of the Firth of Clyde.[3]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database".
  3. ^ "Sandbank". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

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