Craig Wood

Places of Interest

Dunkeld & Birnam railway station

Railway station

Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Loch of the Lowes

Lake

Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch of the Lowes is a loch near Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The loch and the surrounding area are designated as a wildlife reserve, run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.

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.

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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.

The Hermitage

Locality

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

The Hermitage is a National Trust for Scotland-protected site in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross. Located just to the west of the A9, it sits on the banks of the River Braan in Craigvinean Forest.

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