Callander
Callander is a small town in the council location of Stirling, Scotland, located on the River Teith. The community lies in the historic area of Perthshire and is a popular vacationer quit to and from the Highlands. The community works as the eastern portal to the Loch Lomond and also the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland, and also is frequently described as the "Entrance to the Highlands". Dominating the town to the north are the Callander Crags, a noticeable part of the Highland Boundary Fault, rising to 343 metres (1,125 ft) at the . Ben Ledi (879 metres, 2,884 feet) lies north-west of Callander. Popular neighborhood strolls include Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags as well as the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Means passes through Callander. The community remains on the Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail. The River Teith is formed from the confluence of 2 smaller rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) as well as 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 area in the sixth-century. The church closed in 1985 as well as between 1990 as well as 2006 the structure, after going through substantial indoor modifications, was home to a visitor centre as well as audio-visual destination telling the tale of regional criminal, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church building was occupied by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland between 2015 and also 2018, yet it now exists empty. Established in 1892, McLaren High School informs students aged 11 to 18 from a large catchment area expanding as for Killin, Tyndrum and also Inversnaid. Callander accomplished prestige during the 1960s as the fictional setting "Tannochbrae" in the BBC television series Dr. Finlay's Casebook. In 2018 Callander was named Scotland's First Social Enterprise Place, [9] because of the quantity of social business activity within the town. This consists of Callander Community Hydro Ltd., an area had renewable energy project which disperses funds to a selection of local tasks.