Callander
Callander is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the historical region of Perthshire and also is a preferred vacationer quit to and also from the Highlands. The town functions as the eastern entrance to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland, and is often referred to as the "Gateway to the Highlands". Controling 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) lies north-west of Callander. Popular regional walks include Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags and also the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Way travels through Callander. The town rests on the Trossachs Bird of Prey Route. The River Teith is created from the assemblage of two smaller rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) and Eas Gobhain regarding 1/3 mile (500 m) west of the bridge at Callander. A 19th century Gothic church stands in the town square, called after Saint Kessog, an Irish missionary who is stated to have actually preached in the location in the sixth-century. The church closed in 1985 and also in between 1990 as well as 2006 the building, after going through substantial indoor modifications, was house to a site visitor centre as well as audio-visual destination telling the story of neighborhood hooligan, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church building was inhabited by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland between 2015 as well as 2018, however it now lies empty. Established in 1892, McLaren High School educates pupils aged 11 to 18 from a large catchment area extending as far as Killin, Tyndrum and also Inversnaid. Callander achieved importance during the 1960s as the fictional 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 quantity of social venture activity within the town. This includes Callander Community Hydro Ltd., a neighborhood possessed renewable energy task which disperses funds to a selection of local jobs.
