[3] The B8000 the original road, travels down the west coast of the Cowal peninsula from Newton in the north again on the A886, 25+1⁄2 miles (41 kilometres) away.

[4] The village was more reliant on the sea for the transport of passengers and freight until the completion of the shorter A8003.

[6] A pier was possibly built in the 1830s by the Castle Steamship Company, a forerunner of Caledonian MacBrayne.

[8] Shinty is the major sport in the village which is home to Kyles Athletic who have won the Camanachd Cup more than any other team apart from Newtonmore and Kingussie.

[11] The pier at Tighnabruaich is called at by the paddle steamer Waverley during its summer season sailings on the Firth of Clyde.