Callander
Callander is a village in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The community lies in the historical county of Perthshire as well as is a preferred vacationer stop to and also from the Highlands. The town works as the eastern entrance to the Loch Lomond as well as the Trossachs National Park, the initial National Park in Scotland, as well as is often described as the "Gateway to the Highlands". Controling the town 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 walks consist of Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags as well as the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Way passes through Callander. The town sits on the Trossachs Predator Trail. The River Teith is formed from the assemblage of two 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 that is said to have actually preached in the area in the sixth-century. The church enclosed 1985 and also between 1990 as well as 2006 the building, after undertaking significant interior modifications, was residence to a visitor centre and audio-visual attraction informing the story of regional criminal, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church building was inhabited by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland between 2015 and also 2018, but it now lies vacant. Established in 1892, McLaren High School enlightens students aged 11 to 18 from a large catchment area prolonging regarding Killin, Tyndrum as well as Inversnaid. Callander accomplished importance during the 1960s as the imaginary setting "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 quantity of social venture activity within the community. This includes Callander Area Hydro Ltd., an area possessed renewable resource task which distributes funds to a selection of local jobs.
