Callander
Callander is a village in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The community is located in the historical region of Perthshire and also is a preferred visitor quit to and also from the Highlands. The town functions as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond and also the Trossachs National Park, the very first National Park in Scotland, as well as is frequently 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 ft) at the . Ben Ledi (879 metres, 2,884 feet) lies north-west of Callander. Popular neighborhood strolls consist of Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags and also the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Method goes through Callander. The community rests on the Trossachs Predator Path. The River Teith is created from the confluence of 2 smaller rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) and also 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 who is said to have actually taught in the location in the sixth-century. The church enclosed 1985 and in between 1990 and also 2006 the building, after undertaking considerable interior changes, was house to a visitor centre as well as audio-visual destination telling the tale of local hooligan, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church building was occupied by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland in between 2015 and also 2018, however it currently exists vacant. Founded in 1892, McLaren High School informs students aged 11 to 18 from a wide catchment area expanding as for Killin, Tyndrum as well as Inversnaid. Callander attained prominence throughout the 1960s as the fictional setup "Tannochbrae" in the BBC television series Dr. Finlay's Casebook. In 2018 Callander was named Scotland's First Social Enterprise Place, [9] as a result of the quantity of social enterprise activity within the town. This consists of Callander Area Hydro Ltd., a neighborhood had renewable energy job which distributes funds to a selection of neighborhood projects.
