Along the northwestern coast of Loch Gruinart are the villages of Bruichladdich and Port Charlotte, while along its northeastern shore is the tiny village of Bridgend and on its southeastern shore is the island capital of Bowmore, a small town on the Scottish island of Islay.
Port Charlotte, Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Port Charlotte (Scottish Gaelic: Port Sgioba) is a village on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Bruichladdich Distillery (/brxldi/ bruukh-LAD-ee; Scottish Gaelic: [pu'xlatc) is a distillery on the Rhinns of the isle of Islay in Scotland. Bridgend (English: /brdnd/; Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just Pen-y-bont, meaning "the end of the (or the main) bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, 20 miles (32 km) west of the capital Cardiff and 20 miles (32 km) east of Swansea. Bowmore (Scottish Gaelic: Bogh Mor, 'Big Bend') is a small town on the Scottish island of Islay. Loch Gruinart (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Gruinneard from the Old Norse, meaning "shallow fjord") is a sea loch on the northern coast of isle of Islay in Scotland. 
