Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond (pronounced LOW-mond) is a Scottish loch (or lake) located in the west of Scotland. It is approximately 37 kilometres long, and up to 8 kilometres wide, with an average depth of about 37 metres, and a maximum depth of about 190 metres. It has a surface area of approximately 71 million square metres, and a volume of about 2.6 km³. It is the largest of the lochs, and indeed the largest body of water in Great Britain.

The loch is now (since July 2002) part of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

The loch famously features in Andrew Lang's verse, The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond, published around 1876. The chorus is well known:

Oh, ye'll tak the high road, and I'll tak the low road,

And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;

But me and my true love will never meet again

On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.

Today, the loch is also well known for the Loch Lomond Golf Club which lies next to it, and which has hosted international events.

The village of Luss, on the shores of the loch is the location for the TV soap Take the High Road.

Ben Lomond, on the eastern shore is 974 metres in height making it one of the Scottish Munro peaks.