Carrick Castle (village)

Carrick Castle
Carrick Castle village, with tenement to left of tower house
Carrick Castle
Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNS 19200 94500
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAIRNDOW
Postcode districtPA24
Dialling code01301
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Carrick Castle is a village on the western shore of Loch Goil, 4.3 miles (6.9 kilometres) south of Lochgoilhead in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is within both Argyll Forest Park and Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

In 1877, a wooden pier was built at the castle, and a three-storey tenement building called Hillside Place was constructed inland from the castle, to provide apartments for visiting tourists. This was followed by several villas built along the shore road as accommodation for Glasgow merchants, developing what became a small village.

The village church is listed on the buildings at risk register of Scotland.

There is a path to Ardentinny from Carrick Castle village.