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Castle Menzies Farm Holiday Cottages
In Highland Perthshire, the Heartland of Scotland.

Walks and Rambles
Castles History and Heritage | Walks and Rambles | Gardens and Parks |
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Local Short Walks and ‘Strolls’ within our farm boundaries.

  1. Old Castle Driveways.
    From the entrance gate to Castle Menzies follow the old driveways to Castle Menzies and Garden House, follow West past Middle lodge and behind the farm steading to both West Lodge and Farleyer.
  2. Riverside Rambles.
    Walk to the river on the track opposite the Castle entrance, cross the amazing old flood protection barrier and reach the riverbank. Walk either East to Aberfeldy (? mile) or follow the fishermans’ track West for as many miles as you feel like!
    Watch for birdlife on the river. If you are lucky there may be an Osprey about.
  3. Weem Rock & St David’s Well
    From the entrance on the main road to Castle Menzies, follow the driveway East to the car park. From there is a marked walkway up Weem Rock, to St David’s Well high up on the rock, with magnificent views all around the valley.

Local Walks but Slightly Further Afield

  1. The Birks of Aberfeldy approx 2 miles from Castle Menzies
    Within a minute’s walk of the town centre you can find the solitude and scenery that inspired Robert Burn’s famous poem. –
    ‘Bonnie lassie will ye go to the Birks O’ Aberfeldy?’
    The famous and spectacular walk up the ‘The Birks O’ Aberfeldy’.
    Starts either in Aberfeldy itself near the square, but for easy car parking turn left up the hill at the the traffic lights and proceed up the Crieff Road for 300yds where the car parking for the Birks is well signposted on the right after passing through further traffic lights and before crossing a bridge.
    A fair climb up the Den of Moness to the Falls, and return
  2. The Falls of Acharn approx 6 miles from Castle Menzies
    Dramatic walk from the village of Acharn up the Acharn Burn.
    Drive to Acharn 1 mile up the South side of Loch Tay from Kenmore.
    Easy parking and walk is well signposted from there.
  3. Forest walk on Drummond Hill approx 4 miles from Castle Menzies
    2 1/2 to 3 mile walks.
    Travel Westwards from Castle Menzies following road signs for Kenmore.
    Drummond Hill is the large rounded hill, covered in conifers, ‘blocking’ the Western end of our valley - with a high TV mast on top!
    Drummond Hill was the site of the first Forestry experiments in Scotland, in early 17th century, now the first land ever held and planted by the Forestry Commission in the UK just after WWI and has well signed walks with car parking just before the entrance to Kenmore village.
    Great views looking over Kenmore and Loch Tay.
    Initial climb but level walking on track right around the hill.
  4. The Hermitage
    Off A9, 2m west of Dunkeld, Approx 15 miles from Castle Menzies
    Open all year, daily. Admission £1.60 (pay and display car park).
    'Ossian's Hall' - Above the wooded gorge, waterfalls, rapids & swirling pools of the River Braan is a picturesque folly built by the Duke of Atholl in 1758 and restored in 1952, with further remedial work carried out in 1986.
    Britain’s tallest tree a Douglas Fir, 212ft high, can be seen here.
    Interesting mixed conifer and deciduous woodlands with Britain's tallest Douglas fir trees. 13 ha (33 a). –
    A very popular visit for all our cottage visitors.
  5. Two Local Munro’s (over 3,000ft) requiring a higher degree of fitness
    Both those are climbs requiring a degree of common sense, suitable clothing and footwear. Not rock climbs but taking anything from 2 – 5 hours depending on fitness!
    Easily accomplished by normal fit and sensible people, taking appropriate precautions.

Schiehallion 10 miles from Castle Menzies
1,081m (3,547ft)
For access take the B846 to Tummel Bridge – at the top take the single track road to the left (signposted to Kinloch Rannoch) to the car park at Braes of Foss.
Schiehallion is the conical mountain on so many calendars and Christmas cards, usually photographed from Loch Rannoch. By taking advantage of its perfect conical shape the scientist Masculin in 1640 calculated the density of the earth correctly to 3 decimal places. See the memorial cairn on the road just before the car park.
Quite a long climb, with a few false tops on the way up from here. Rocky route along the top ridge - good footwear required to support your ankles!

A comment from our visitor’s book!
‘With my daddy I climbed three munros in the Ben Lawers range near loch Tay, ………………..The Hermitage was quite a good walk and a really good view.'
Callum aged 10

Ben Lawers 15 miles from Castle Menzies
Access Off A827, 1 1/2m - NE of Killin, N of Loch Tay
Perthshire's highest mountain 1,214m (3,984 ft)
National Trust visitor centre on hill road to Glenlyon. Audio visual programmes.
Views from the Atlantic to the North Sea., noted for a rich variety of mountain plants.

Castle Menzies Holiday Cottages
Mrs. M. McDiarmid
Castle Menzies Farm
Aberfeldy, Perthshire
PH15 2LY
Tel. 01887 820260