Callander is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town lies in the historic region of Perthshire as well as is a popular vacationer stop to and also from the Highlands. The town works as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the very first National Park in Scotland, and is often referred to as the "Portal to the Highlands". Controling the town to the north are the Callander Crags, a visible part of the Highland Boundary Fault, rising to 343 metres (1,125 ft) at the cairn. Ben Ledi (879 metres, 2,884 ft) exists north-west of Callander. Popular regional strolls include Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags and also the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Way travels through Callander. The community sits on the Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail. The River Teith is created from the confluence of two smaller rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) as well as Eas Gobhain regarding 1/3 mile (500 m) west of the bridge at Callander. A 19th century Gothic church stands in the community square, called after Saint Kessog, an Irish missionary that is stated to have actually preached in the location in the sixth-century. The church closed in 1985 as well as between 1990 and also 2006 the building, after undergoing significant indoor modifications, was home to a site visitor centre and also audio-visual attraction informing the tale of regional outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church structure was inhabited by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland between 2015 as well as 2018, yet it currently lies vacant. Established in 1892, McLaren High School educates students aged 11 to 18 from a large catchment area extending as far as Killin, Tyndrum and Inversnaid. Callander accomplished prominence during the 1960s as the imaginary setup "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 business task within the town. This includes Callander Neighborhood Hydro Ltd., an area possessed renewable energy project which disperses funds to a range of regional projects.