Callander
Callander is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, located on the River Teith. The town lies in the historic county of Perthshire as well as is a preferred vacationer quit to and from the Highlands. The town serves as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland, and is commonly referred to as the "Entrance 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 feet) at the . Ben Ledi (879 metres, 2,884 feet) exists north-west of Callander. Popular regional walks consist of Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags and also the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Method travels through Callander. The community rests on the Trossachs Predator Trail. The River Teith is formed from the convergence of two smaller rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) and Eas Gobhain concerning 1/3 mile (500 m) west of the bridge at Callander. A 19th century Gothic church stands in the town square, named after Saint Kessog, an Irish missionary who is claimed to have preached in the area in the sixth-century. The church enclosed 1985 and also between 1990 as well as 2006 the structure, after undergoing considerable indoor changes, was residence to a visitor centre and audio-visual attraction telling the story of regional outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church structure was inhabited by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland in between 2015 and also 2018, yet it now exists vacant. Established in 1892, McLaren High School educates students aged 11 to 18 from a wide catchment area prolonging as far as Killin, Tyndrum and Inversnaid. Callander achieved prominence throughout 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] as a result of the amount of social enterprise task within the town. This includes Callander Neighborhood Hydro Ltd., a neighborhood had renewable resource project which distributes funds to a range of regional projects.