Loch Katrine & Trossachs Trail Visitor Management Improvement Proposals
The English poet John Keats found the Trossachs ‘’vexatiously full of visitors’’ when he visited in 1818.
Submitted by Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority on behalf of Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust, January 2020 “So wondrous wild the whole might seem the scenery of a fairy dream” Lady of the Lake, Sir Walter Scott, 1810
contents: The Great Trossachs Forest National Nature Reserve and The Trossachs 2 Loch Katrine 3 Examples of Visitor Pressure 4-6 Trossachs Pier Proposals 7-11 Stronachlachar Pier Proposals 12-13 page 1 Roderick Dhu’s Watch Tower 14-15 The Great Trossachs Forest National Nature Reserve and The Trossachs Trail
Trossachs Trail
to Blair Drummond
page 2 Loch Katrine
page 3 Examples of Visitor Pressure Trossachs Pier Approach Roads
Road verge parking is a year round feature in the heart of the Trossachs. Three of the photos were taken in mid-January 2020.
page 4 Examples of Visitor Pressure Trossachs Pier Visitor Hub
The car and coach park at Trossachs Pier is regularly full as it is the most popular gathering point for recreational visitors to the heart of the Trossachs.
page 5 Examples of Visitor Pressure Stronachlachlar Pier Visitor Hub
This remote site at the north end of Loch Katrine is becoming more popular with growth in the number of cyclists, walkers and sightseers. The small car park is struggling to cope with the number of visitors arriving by coach and car.
page 6 Trossachs Pier Proposals
Masterplan Layout 20/004/04 Overview for The Steamship Sir Walter Scott 20/004/02 Trossachs Pier
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MW CONSULTANTS W ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
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new ladies (former gents)
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extended car park W
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Stronachlachar Pier Proposals W
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page 12 Stronachlachar Pier Proposals
Proposed site for new informal woodland car park and upgrading of existing car park.
page 13 Roderick Dhu’s Watch Tower
Proposals to reinstate and upgrade the historic Roderick Dhu Watch Tower Path which provided visitors with magnificent views of Loch Katrine and the sites featured in Sir Walter Scott’s famous poem Lady of the Lake in 1810. This will include the creation a special scenic lookout feature with low key interpretation in the spirit of the National Scenic Routes initiative that was piloted in the National Park with features at several busy visitor sites.
Roderick Dhu’s Watch Tower
Victorian era painting showing the view down Loch Katrine Historical photographs referencing page 14 and Roderick Dhu’s Watch Tower Roderick Dhu’s Watch Tower Roderick Dhu’s Watch Tower Proposals
Key Views: Loch Katrine 1. Osprey View 2. Ellen’s Isle View 3. Ben A’an View
2. Pier 1. Roderick Dhu’s Watch Tower 3. Cafe
Car Park Scenic Loop Path route: 30m Office
Original Victorian Path route: 220m
Materials: Precedents:
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