Campbeltown
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Campbeltown is one of the handful of areas in Scotland categorized as a whisky producing region, and is home to the Campbeltown Single Malts, at one point having thirty-four distilleries and proclaiming itself "the whisky capital of the world". Today only three active distilleries remain in Campbeltown.
Apart from the distilleries, Campbeltown boasts a museum and a heritage centre. Attractions in the burgh include the Wee Picture House cinema dating from 1913 and a fourteenth century Celtic cross. Saint Kieran lived in the area of the town, before it existed.
Ferries originally sailed from Campbeltown to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland, but the service was suspended in June 2002 until further notice. Davaar Island can be reached on foot at low tide. Campbeltown Airport lies near the burgh.
See also
HMS Campbeltown for the two Royal Navy ships named after the town.