PERTHSHIRE

Branklyn Garden
Dundee Road, Perth
Tel: (01738) 625 535
Open: Good Friday to 30 Oct, daily 10-5.

Attractive garden with an outstanding collection of plants including rhododendrons, alpines, herbaceous and peat-garden plants.

Dunkeld
Dunkeld, Perth & Kinross
Tel: (01350) 727 460
Open: Ell Shop, Good Friday to 30 Sep, Mon–Sat 10–5.30, Sun 12.30–5.30; 1 Oct to 23 Dec, Mon–Sat 10–4.30, Sun 12.30–4.30

The Trust owns 20 houses (not open to the public) in Cathedral and High Streets; most date from the rebuilding of the town after the Battle of Dunkeld in 1689. Restored by the Trust, the houses have been modernised but retain the charm of their period exteriors.

The Hermitage
Perth & Kinross
Tel: (01350) 728 641
Open: all year, daily.

An interesting mixed conifer and deciduous woodlands with very tall fir trees. Above the gorge of the River Braan is a picturesque folly – Ossian’s Hall – built in 1758.

Killiecrankie
Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross
Tel: (01796) 473 233
Open: site, all year, daily. Visitor Centre, shop and snack-bar, Good Friday to 31 Oct, daily 10–5.30.

Wooded gorge and visitor centre featuring an exhibition on the Battle of Killiecrankie.

Linn of Tummel
Perth & Kinross
Tel: (01796) 473 233
Open: all year, daily.

Comprises 56 acres by the banks of the Rivers Tummel and Garry. A path through mixed woodland leads to the Linn of Tummel.