Local Information

Oban is quite a large town with all the facilities needed to sustain its local population. This page gives some useful local information.

HOSPITAL

Lorn and Islands District General Hospital
Glengallan Road, Oban
Tel: 01631 567 500

Accident and Emergency provision

MOUNTAIN RESCUE

Oban Mountain Rescue Team
Contact Oban Police: (01631 562213) or dial 999.

VETS

Ferguson & Bonniwell Veterinary Surgery,
Tweedale St, Oban
Tel: 01631 562876

BANKS/BUILDING SOCIETIES

Oban has a Royal Bank of Scotland, a Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, Lloyds TSB, Halifax, Yorkshire Building Society and Nationwide. They all open normal working hours and are all in or around the town centre. ATMs can be found along George Street, and also at Tesco and Co-op.

CHURCHES

For information on the many churches in the area please visit our Worship Page.

FERRIES

For information on the local ferries please visit our Gateway to the Isles Page.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
For information on transport please visit our Transport Page.

MAPS

We have maps of Oban on our Map page.

INTERNET ACCESS

There is free internet access at the Oban library (see below) and you can also access the internet from Oban Tourist Information Centre.

LIBRARY

Oban has a public library with free internet access. Please click here for details.

CAR PARKING

Oban is well served with car parks. Look out for signs as you enter the town. For those travelling by ferry, and wanting to leave their car on the mainland there is a pay and display beside the CalMac terminal, which is the actual car park for the railway station, which is ideal for daytrips. For longer trips the free long term car parks at Longsdale and Lochavullin can be used, the Council car parks allow overpayment which will be credited to the following days; there is a limit of £20 which will allow for approximately three days parking.

You can also park your car in the main streets of the town. The fee is 70p for forty minutes and the maximum stay time is 2 hours in the inner zone and 4 hours in the outer zone in any one spot. Ticket machines are placed within easy reach.

Additional information about Oban and Lorn is available elsewhere on this site, see list on the left of this page, and from the Oban Tourist Information Centre.