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Campbeltown – Scotland s forgotten town is about to get a new lease of life
Beaches to rival to Caribbean, the world’s finest whisky and a 1913 cinema – Campbeltown is making a comeback
Campbeltown was recently named ‘Scotland’s most improved place’
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“Sheer bloody mindedness, that’s what saved the world’s most beautiful cinema”, says Ellen Mainwood, manager of Campbeltown Picture House, standing in front of an eye-popping building that is half Glasgow School Art Nouveau and half Willy Wonka. “We’re a town of only 4,000 souls on the edge of a forgotten peninsula, but that same determined spirit is resurrecting Campbeltown. You can feel it in the air”.
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A Campbeltown malt has been hailed the “best whisky in the world” in a US contest. Glen Scotia 25-Year-Old Single Malt Whisky has been recognised as the Best in Show at this year’s San Francisco World Spirits Competition, with judges awarding the whisky from Campbeltown as the overall winner of the competition, taking the title of the Best Whisky in The World in 2021”. The SFWSC is described as one of the world’s most prestigious spirits competitions, and its judges are renowned experts in the field with decades of industry experience. This year the SFWSC judged 3,800 entrants across 31 separate categories, with the £400-a-bottle Glen Scotia 25-Year-Old ultimately being named as Best in Show Whisky.