Ring Wood
Ring Wood is a coniferous forest in Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland. Ring Wood is situated nearby to the locality Meikle Obney, as well as near Obney Hills.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunkeld & Birnam railway station and Birnam Oak.
Dunkeld & Birnam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
Dunkeld & Birnam railway station serves the town of Dunkeld and village of Birnam in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located on the Highland Main Line, 15 miles 31 chains north of Perth and is the first stop on the line north of there, before Pitlochry.
Birnam Oak
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Birnam Oak is an example of Sessile oak at Birnam, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Sometimes known as Macbeth's Oak, as it is a relic of Birnam Wood, mentioned in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, the tree is found in a strip of woodland on the south bank of the River Tay.
Birnam Arts
Community center
Photo: Grahamstephen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birnam Arts is a multipurpose arts centre in Birnam, Perthshire, central Scotland. It is also known as the Birnam Arts and Conference Centre, and was originally named the Birnam Institute. It is a not for profit organisation owned by the community.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunkeld and Birnam.
Dunkeld
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunkeld is a village in the Highland part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, on the east bank of the River Tay The village of Birnam is on the opposite bank, connected by the Telford Bridge; the combined population in 2021 was 1350.
Birnam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Birnam is a village in the Highland part of Perth and Kinross, which grew up in the 19th century as a resort town when the railway reached it. It's on the west bank of the River Tay, which here makes an S-bend, so it becomes the south bank.
Bankfoot
Village
Photo: Alistair Bell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bankfoot is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately 8 miles north of Perth and 7 miles south of Dunkeld. The village lies close to the A9 trunk road, making Bankfoot a convenient base for commuting within Perthshire.
Ring Wood
- Type: Coniferous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.5434° or 56° 32′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.5495° or 3° 32′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C8RGFV2+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 203519258OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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