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Oban has a primary school campus located in the south of the town along with Park Primary School at the north of the town, and a major high school, Oban High School. In 2019, £36 million was spent on a new building for the high school, replacing the original 1890 building which was subsequently demolished.
Following significant population growth, largely associated with the fishing and distillery industries, Oban became a police burgh in 1862. [2] However, Oban did not have a town house, [3] until the police commissioners decided to procure one to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The site they selected was on the northwest side ...
Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is centred on Halfmoon Bay (sometimes used as an alternative name for the town), and stretches over a peninsula to Paterson Inlet .
Upload another image 6-14 (Even Nos) Alma Crescent 56°24′36″N 5°28′41″W / 56.410009°N 5.477922°W / 56.410009; -5.477922 (6-14 (Even Nos) Alma Crescent) Category C(S) 38802 Upload Photo Argyll Square, St Columba's Church And Hall With Gatepiers (Formerly United Free Church) 56°24′42″N 5°28′25″W / 56.411742°N 5.473491°W / 56.411742; -5.473491 ...
McCaig's Tower [1] or McCaig's Folly [2] is a prominent tower on Battery Hill [3] overlooking the town of Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It is built of Bonawe granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay, on Loch Etive, from Muckairn, with a circumference of about 200 metres (660 ft) with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches (44 on the bottom and 50 on ...
The PA postcode area, also known as the Paisley postcode area, [2] is a group of 67 postcode districts in western Scotland, within 35 post towns.These cover Renfrewshire (including Paisley, Renfrew, Johnstone, Bishopton, Erskine, Bridge of Weir and Lochwinnoch), Inverclyde (including Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock, Kilmacolm and Wemyss Bay) and most of Argyll and Bute (including Oban ...
Dunollie Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Dhùn Ollaigh) is a small ruined castle located on a hill north of the town of Oban, on the west coast of Scotland in Argyll and Bute. The site enjoys views over towards the island of Kerrera and a view of the town, harbour, and outlying isles. The castle is open to the public as part of the Dunollie ...
Oban railway station is a railway station serving Oban in Scotland. It is the terminus of one branch of the highly scenic West Highland Line, sited 71 miles 44 chains (115.1 km) from Callander, via Glen Ogle. [3] It was originally the terminus of the Callander and Oban Railway. All services are operated by ScotRail, who also manage the station.