Editing Ardlui

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{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Ardlui
| gaelic_name                      = Àird Laoigh
| coordinates                      = {{coord|56|18|08|N|4|43|16|W|display=inline,title}}
| label_position                   =
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Argyll and Bute]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Dunbartonshire]]
| constituency_westminster         = [[Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Dumbarton]]
| static_image_name                = Ardlui, Argyll and Bute.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Ardlui, the [[marina]], and [[Loch Lomond]], seen from [[Ardlui railway station]]
| post_town                        = ARROCHAR
| postcode_district                = G83
| postcode_area                    = G
| dial_code                        = 01301
| os_grid_reference                = NN317152
| edinburgh_distance_mi            = 64
| london_distance                  = {{convert|380|mi|km|abbr=on|0}} 
}}
'''Ardlui''' ({{langx|gd|Àird Laoigh}}) is a hamlet in [[Argyll and Bute]], [[Scottish Highlands]]. It is located at the head of [[Loch Lomond]]. It is on the [[A82 road]] between [[Crianlarich]] and [[Glasgow]] and [[Ardlui railway station]] is on the [[West Highland Line]] between [[Glasgow Queen Street railway station|Glasgow Queen Street]] and [[Oban]] or [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]].

==History==
Ardlui lies at the boundary of the ancient kingdoms of the [[Celtic Britons|Brythonic]] [[Kingdom of Strathclyde|Strathclyde]], the Gaels of [[Dalriada]] and the [[Picts]] as indicated by the Clach na Bhreatuinn meaning the "Stone of the Britons" and other local names that indicate a boundary. A battle is said to have taken place in this area between the Briton and the Western Scots in the year 717.<ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/Ardlui.htm Arrochar, Tarbert and Ardlui Heritage]</ref>

==Ardlui Hotel==
The hotel at Ardlui was originally built by the local Colquhoun family estate in the early 1800s as a hunting lodge, becoming a hotel in 1886 with extensions added before 1905. A holiday park is located next to the hotel.<ref>[http://www.ardlui.com/hotel/ferry.aspx The Ardlui Hotel]</ref>
[[File:Ardlui Hotel, Ardlui, Loch Lomond, Scotland.jpg|thumb|left|270px|Ardlui Hotel and holiday park]]

==Ardlui to Ardleish ferry==
The Ardlui Hotel runs a twelve-person ferry from the pontoon at the Ardlui Marina which carries walkers to the West Highland Way at Ardleish Farm. This service runs throughout the tourist season for all travellers and for hotel guests for the remainder of the year. Potential passengers use a signal hoist at Ardleish to beckon the ferry.<ref>[http://www.ardlui.com/hotel/ferry.aspx The Ardlui to Ardleish Ferry]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.west-highland-way.co.uk/theroute_subpage.asp?inst=3&id=665 |title=The West Highland Way |access-date=10 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130152418/http://www.west-highland-way.co.uk/theroute_subpage.asp?inst=3&id=665 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Inverarnan Canal==
From 1844 until the mid 1860s steamers called at Ardlui Pier and some continued up the River Falloch to reach Inverarnan at the New Garabal Landing and what is today known as the Drovers Inn via the [[Inverarnan Canal]]. Steamers also called at the Old Garabal Landing on the river itself.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.arrocharheritage.com/ Arrochar, Tarbet and Ardlui History website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co5E31UH9Mw Video footage of Ardlui]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BohBdvjMHAo Video footage of the Ardlui to Ardleish Ferry]

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[[Category:Hamlets in Argyll and Bute]]
[[Category:Loch Lomond]]


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