Callander
Callander is a village in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town lies in the historic area of Perthshire as well as is a popular vacationer stop to and from the Highlands. The town functions as the eastern portal to the Loch Lomond as well as the Trossachs National Park, the initial National Park in Scotland, and is often referred to as the "Portal to the Highlands". Dominating the community 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) lies north-west of Callander. Popular local strolls consist of Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags as well as the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Means travels through Callander. The town remains on the Trossachs Predator Path. The River Teith is formed from the convergence of 2 smaller sized rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) as well as Eas Gobhain about 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 actually taught in the location in the sixth-century. The church enclosed 1985 as well as in between 1990 and 2006 the building, after going through considerable indoor changes, was home to a visitor centre and also audio-visual destination telling the story of regional hooligan, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church building was occupied by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland between 2015 and also 2018, yet it currently exists empty. Founded in 1892, McLaren High School informs pupils aged 11 to 18 from a wide catchment area expanding as for Killin, Tyndrum and Inversnaid. Callander accomplished prominence during the 1960s as the fictional setup "Tannochbrae" in the BBC television series Dr. Finlay's Casebook. In 2018 Callander was called Scotland's First Social Enterprise Place, [9] due to the amount of social venture task within the town. This includes Callander Community Hydro Ltd., a community possessed renewable energy task which distributes funds to a range of regional projects.
