Callander
Callander is a small town in the council location of Stirling, Scotland, positioned on the River Teith. The community is located in the historic region of Perthshire and is a prominent visitor quit to as well as from the Highlands. The town acts as the eastern entrance to the Loch Lomond as well as the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland, and is typically referred to as the "Portal to the Highlands". Dominating the community to the north are the Callander Crags, a noticeable part of the Highland Boundary Fault, rising to 343 metres (1,125 feet) at the cairn. Ben Ledi (879 metres, 2,884 ft) exists north-west of Callander. Popular neighborhood strolls consist of Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags and the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Means goes through Callander. The community rests on the Trossachs Bird of Prey Route. The River Teith is formed from the assemblage 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 that is stated to have actually preached in the location in the sixth-century. The church enclosed 1985 and in between 1990 and also 2006 the building, after undergoing significant interior modifications, was residence to a site visitor centre and also audio-visual destination telling the story of regional outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church building was occupied by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland in between 2015 as well as 2018, yet it currently lies vacant. Founded in 1892, McLaren High School informs students aged 11 to 18 from a large catchment area extending as far as Killin, Tyndrum and Inversnaid. Callander attained prestige throughout the 1960s as the imaginary setup "Tannochbrae" in the BBC tv 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 venture task within the community. This includes Callander Area Hydro Ltd., a community possessed renewable energy job which distributes funds to a selection of local projects.
