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Callander Paths A NATIONAL PARK FOR EVERYONE It’s the nation’s park. To discover, to explore, to enjoy. It’s all about finding Callander your own space. And then choosing Paths what you do with it... 5. Bracklinn Falls Circuit 6. The Glacier Trail (including Roman Camp Walk) A: To return to town Distance: Bracklinn Falls & return Distance: Roman Camp Esker There is so much to enjoy in Loch Lomond Across the bridge turn left to turn left. Follow 1.3 miles (2.0 km) circuit, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) & The Trossachs National Park – woods and continue the circuit. Climb the cycleway along Bracklinn Falls & Scout Pool Roman Camp Esker & Callander forests, wild flowers and wildlife watching, the steeper section of path Livingstone Avenue Circuit, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) Moraine 2.9 miles (4.7 km). watersports, climbing or just taking in the view. to the forest road and follow and Murdiston There’s always something to do. Whether you Start point: Bracklinn Falls car park, Bracklinn Road. it through the forest. When Start point: North Ancaster Square. Avenue at the end it opens out, high above the of which is the site love adventure or prefer more passive pastimes, Terrain: Well-compacted path with Terrain: Surfaced paths, cycleway and river, there are good views of Callander’s first you’ll find an activity to suit. some loose materials. uneven paths. Can be muddy. of Ben Ledi, Stuc a’ Chroin station and later goods yard with the old and Ben Vorlich, mountains station master’s house still on the rocks This trail features two glacial deposits that were to the north of the Highland above. Continue under the bridge on the Follow the waymarked route to the gradually sloping left about 12,000 years ago at the end of the last Boundary Fault. cycleway and then on the path between downhill section. The roar of the Falls can clearly be ice age. Turn left into Main Street (A84 to Stirling) heard through the woods. As the path nears the the car park and the bowling green. Turn The Scout Pool is about and go about 600 metres. Turn right at the sign to Keltie Water take the hairpin bend and descend left to cross Glenartney Road and back into 200m below a second bridge ‘Roman Camp Walk’. The narrow path takes you up For more information on these paths, and other slowly to Bracklinn Bridge over the falls. Ancaster Square. over the Keltie Water and a bank overlooking the walled garden of the Roman places to visit in the area, please contact: This 20m bridge with its distinctive A-shaped can be reached by a very Camp Hotel. This bank is the Roman Camp Esker, B: To visit the Callander Moraine turn right at the VisitScotland Information Centre roof, installed in 2010, boasts the best in Scottish rough path along the edge which is a narrow winding ridge deposited by a cycleway for 450 metres. In Drumdhu Wood 52-54 Main Street timber and engineering and provides a breathtaking of the gorge. subglacial stream when the last glacier retreated. find a path to the right that angles off up a Callander FK17 8BD elevated viewpoint up and down the rugged 100m slope to a ridge. This ridge (about 150m long) Cross the bridge up to the minor road. Turn left and Follow the top of the esker round to the River Tel: 01877 330342 gorge. The wonder of this gorge is that the stones is part of the moraine and on the right side of e-mail: [email protected] enjoy Callander’s countryside for the return back to Teith and turn left through an industrial estate are continually on the move. it is a steep ice contact slope. This is the point Web: www.visitscottishheartlands.com and up Geisher Road. The route crosses Stirling the Bracklinn car park. where the glacier snout would have reached Road and then up the lane beside the Mellis Burn before it started to retreat. Return to the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs to the cycleway, which was once the Dunblane to National Park Callander Office Mellis Burn and follow the route back to town. Callander railway line. 52-54 Main Street Callander FK17 8BD Tel: 01389 722600 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.lochlomond-trossachs.org pass Please this leaflet onyou when finished have with it! This leaflet was compiled by Callander’s Countryside Group and the Callander Community Development Trust. Photographs kindly supplied by Forestry Commission Scotland, Mike Hawkins, Trudy Hughes, John Snodin, Sheila Winstone. lochlomond-trossachs.org find us on facebook, follow us on twitter, watch us on youtube lochlomond-trossachs.org 1. The Three Bridges 2. Callander Crags 3. The Lower Woods 4. Callander Meadows Callander paths On the route to Coilhallan car park there are Distance: 4.5 miles (7.2 km) Distance: 2.3 miles (3.7 km) Distance: 1.9 miles (3km) Distance: 1.1 miles (1.8 km) Welcome to Callander - the paths described excellent views of Ben Ledi and Callander Crags and Start point: Callander Crags car park in this leaflet are just a taster of the many and Start point: North Ancaster Square. good wildlife watching opportunities. Turn left onto Start point: Callander Crags car park Start point: North Ancaster Square. the road, then cross the Gartchonzie Bridge (2nd) on Bracklinn Road. on Bracklinn Road. varied routes available in the area. For those with Terrain: Surfaced roads, cycleway and Terrain: Surfaced roads and paths heading for Dunmore Fort. an interest in history and the geology of the area well-compacted forest roads Terrain: The path is a mixture of well- Terrain: The path surface is a mixture of well compacted surfaces there are a number of features highlighted along and paths with some loose Enter the Woodland Trust compacted surfaces that can many of the routes. materials. The waymarked be uneven, with some loose with some loose material, Scotland ground and use Turn right into Main Street and then left at traffic loop to Samson’s Stone is not materials. There are steep uneven in places. We hope this selection will provide something the path below the fort. lights into Bridge Street. Just before the bridge surfaced and is uneven. steps near the top. for everyone from the experienced hill walkers The fort can be visited follow the path to the right into the Meadows car by taking the Brig O’Turk Take the path immediately to the left of the road into to those who want a stroll with family and friends. Follow the forest road through the barrier. The park and continue beside the River Teith. Turn left into Main Street, path to the left, then a the wood that provides a backdrop to the town and path turns right, climbing steeply through conifer Walking offers wide ranging benefits, both physical then right into South steep uneven path to which is a mix of mature mainly deciduous trees, rich This is a very pleasant level riverside route with lots woodlands. At the top of the crag steps turn left and mental. For more information on changing Church Street where the the right. in wildlife. The path rises gently, then a little steeper of wildlife and wild flowers. On a clear day there for the main route or turn right for 200m to visit the lifestyle and improving fitness visit: old metal bridge (1st) to a viewpoint of the Menteith Hills. are magnificent views of Ben Ledi in the distance. crosses the river. Turn The main path goes to the right and soon on the left Queens’ Diamond Jubilee Cairn. Across the river just after ‘The Meetings’ can be www.takelifeon.co.uk Further on, a short steep downhill section of path left and follow the path there is an uneven marker post loop, which goes seen Little Leny, the burial ground of Clan Buchanan. On a good day there are breathtaking panoramic leads to the west of Callander. Use the local streets to the road below the up to Samson’s Stone. The loop rejoins the main views of the Menteith Hills, Loch Venachar, Ben Ledi to return to the town centre, where you can enjoy Continue on the path back to the car park and return High School. Turn right path nearer to Kilmahog. Take the cycleway towards and the Highland Boundary Fault to the west and the many shops, cafés and restaurants after your to Ancaster Square. The routes promoted in this leaflet offer a wide range and enter Coilhallan Callander and using the new metal bridge (3rd) cross north. Return to follow the main route along the top walk. Or return to the Callander Crags car park by of path types and conditions. Please ensure that you Wood between two small the river again to the car park and back into town. are always taking access responsibly, considering of the crags with viewpoints of Callander. The path following Ancaster Road and Bracklinn Road. path condition and other route users. sandstone pillars on the meets the route through the Lower Woods and this Remember to wear your safety helmet other side of the road. can be used to return to the car park. Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. (c) Crown copyright and database right [2011]. Ordnance Survey Licence number [100025498] 16 This map has been reproduced with kind Key to map permission from Forestry Commission Scotland. Scout © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Forestry Commission Main Road Parking Picnic Place Scotland Woodland Pool Ordnance Survey 100031883.
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