North Connel
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North Connel is a hamlet on the north side of Loch Etive in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Connel Bridge connects the community to Connel on the south shore of the loch, approximately 7 kilometres from Oban.{{cite web| url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst3625.html| title=North Connel| publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland| accessdate=11 January 2012}} While the bridge belonged to British Rail, a toll was charged to cross and it closed at night.{{Citation needed| date=January 2012}} Once sparsely populated, the number of houses in North Connel quickly increased after the bridge was handed over to Argyllshire County Council in the late 1960s.{{Citation needed| date=January 2012}}
Oban Airport or Connel Airfield is nearby.{{cite web| url=http://www.oban.ws/obanairport.html| title=Oban Airport| publisher=Oban and Lorn Online| accessdate=11 January 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607112639/http://www.oban.ws/obanairport.html| archive-date=7 June 2009| url-status=dead}}
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Category:Villages in Argyll and Bute
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