Callander
Callander is a village in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, positioned on the River Teith. The community lies in the historic area of Perthshire and also is a prominent visitor quit to and also from the Highlands. The town serves as the eastern portal to the Loch Lomond and also the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland, as well as is frequently described as the "Entrance to the Highlands". Controling the community to the north are the Callander Crags, a noticeable part of the Highland Boundary Fault, rising to 343 metres (1,125 ft) at the cairn. Ben Ledi (879 metres, 2,884 feet) lies north-west of Callander. Popular neighborhood walks include Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags as well as the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Means passes through Callander. The town rests on the Trossachs Predator Path. The River Teith is formed from the assemblage of 2 smaller sized rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) as well as Eas Gobhain concerning 1/3 mile (500 m) west of the bridge at Callander. A 19th century Gothic church stands in the community square, named after Saint Kessog, an Irish missionary who is claimed to have preached in the location in the sixth-century. The church enclosed 1985 and between 1990 and 2006 the structure, after undertaking significant indoor alterations, was house to a site visitor centre and also audio-visual tourist attraction telling the tale of local outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church building was occupied by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland between 2015 and also 2018, however it currently exists vacant. Established in 1892, McLaren High School enlightens pupils aged 11 to 18 from a large catchment area extending as far as Killin, Tyndrum and also Inversnaid. Callander attained prominence during the 1960s as the fictional setting "Tannochbrae" in the BBC television series Dr. Finlay's Casebook. In 2018 Callander was called Scotland's First Social Enterprise Place, [9] because of the quantity of social venture task within the town. This includes Callander Area Hydro Ltd., a neighborhood possessed renewable energy project which disperses funds to a selection of regional projects.
