| Standing adjacent to the busy A93 road, the beech (Fagus
sylvatica)
hedge at Meikleour Estate, near Blairgowrie, is
officially the tallest in the world. Approximately 530m long, the
over-powering green wall stands at an average height of around 30m
(100ft) and in places reaching 120ft (more than 41m). The hedge is
believed to have been laid out and planted in the autumn of 1745,
the year of the Jacobite uprising, by Jean Mercer and her husband,
Robert Murray Nairne. Legend has it that the men who planted it took
up arms for Bonnie Prince Charlie and perished on the battlefield of
Culloden. Their hedge was left to grow untended towards the heavens
as a living monument to their memory...
On A93 five miles south of Blairgowrie.
01250 872960
Web of
Trees of Scotland
Beatrix Potter Exhibition and Garden at
Birnam. She spent many holidays in the Birnam area as a child and is
thought to have written The Tale of Peter Rabbit on one of her
visits. See the Potter's garden and woodland walks.
Birnam is just south of Dunkeld on A9.
Open all year.
01350 727674
Caithness Glass Visitor Centre. See glass
paperweights being made.
A9 north of Perth centre.
All year - winter restrictions
01738 492320
Gleneagles Golf Course. Bell's Scottish Open,
McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe and the PGA Cup matches to
name but a few.
01764 694469
Horse training, riding lessons for intermediate level riders and
starting horses. BHS qualified and Registered Instructor teaching up to BHS
Stage II. Millhorn Riding Centre, Millhorn Farm, Bendochy, Coupar, Angus
Contact Rebecca Chalmers.
Tel: 01828 626172 - Mobile 07884 060648
Email:
rebecca@millhornridingcentre.co.uk
Web:
www.millhornridingcentre.co.uk
Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre. Observation
hide views osprey nest in breeding season. Variety of waterfowl and
woodland birds. Displays.
The centre is off the A923 (follow the Wildlife Reserve signs
Apl-Sept
01350 727337
Pitlochry Dam is home to the famous Salmon Ladder where the fish
may be seen in the viewing chamber during their ascent past
Pitlochry Dam. In the Visitor Centre, find out why and how the fish
make their epic journey from their birthplace in Highland rivers,
out to sea and back upstream to spawn. Children and adults alike
will enjoy...
Off A9/A924 by waterfront Pitlochry.
Apl-Oct
Blair Atholl Distillery. One of the oldest
working distilleries in Scotland.
Half mile south of Pitlochry off A9.
Open all year but restrictions in winter
01796 482003
Dewar's World of Whisky. Visitor Centre. Also
a tour of Aberfeldy Distillery which produces a single malt whisky.
Aberfeldy on A827
All year - winter restrictions
01887 822010
Edradour Distillery.
North of Pitlochry on A924
01796 472095
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