Callander
Callander is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, positioned on the River Teith. The town lies in the historical area of Perthshire as well as is a preferred tourist quit to as well as from the Highlands. The community 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 commonly referred to as the "Entrance to the Highlands". Dominating the town to the north are the Callander Crags, a visible part of the Highland Boundary Fault, rising to 343 metres (1,125 feet) at the . Ben Ledi (879 metres, 2,884 feet) lies north-west of Callander. Popular neighborhood walks include Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags and also the Wood Walks. The Rob Roy Method passes through Callander. The town remains on the Trossachs Bird of Prey Path. The River Teith is developed from the convergence of two 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 town square, called after Saint Kessog, an Irish missionary that is said to have preached in the area in the sixth-century. The church enclosed 1985 and in between 1990 and 2006 the building, after going through considerable interior modifications, was home to a visitor centre and audio-visual attraction informing the tale of local criminal, Rob Roy MacGregor. The church structure was occupied by The Clanranald Trust for Scotland between 2015 as well as 2018, but it currently lies empty. Established in 1892, McLaren High School informs students aged 11 to 18 from a vast catchment area expanding regarding Killin, Tyndrum and also Inversnaid. Callander attained prestige during the 1960s as the imaginary setting "Tannochbrae" in the BBC television 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 business activity within the town. This includes Callander Community Hydro Ltd., a neighborhood had renewable energy task which distributes funds to a variety of neighborhood jobs.
