Callander is a small town in the council location of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the historic region of Perthshire and is a prominent traveler stop to and also from the Highlands. The town serves as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond as well as the Trossachs National Park, the very first National Park in Scotland, and also is often described as the "Gateway 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 feet) exists north-west of Callander. Popular neighborhood walks include Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags as well as the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Method goes through Callander. The community remains on the Trossachs Bird of Prey Path. The River Teith is created from the convergence of 2 smaller sized 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 community square, called after Saint Kessog, an Irish missionary who is stated to have actually preached in the location in the sixth-century. The church enclosed 1985 as well as between 1990 as well as 2006 the structure, after undergoing substantial indoor alterations, was house to a site visitor centre as well as audio-visual destination telling the tale of neighborhood outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church structure was occupied by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland between 2015 and 2018, however it now exists vacant. Founded in 1892, McLaren High School enlightens pupils aged 11 to 18 from a large catchment area expanding 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 named Scotland's First Social Enterprise Place, [9] as a result of the amount of social venture task within the community. This consists of Callander Community Hydro Ltd., an area had renewable resource task which distributes funds to a selection of local projects.