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Car Free Pitlochry
If you are staying in  self catering accommodation you can get your groceries delivered free from the Coop - speak to a member of staff before you do your shopping
Here are some suggestions for places you can get to around Pitlochry without a car:
  •  Pitlochry Festival Theatre
  • Blair Athol Distillery
  • Atholl Palace Museum
  • Edradour Distillery
  • Dam Visitor Centre (free)
  • The Heritage Centre at Moulin
  • Boat and paddle board Hire at Faskally Boating Station
  • Three play parks for kids
Eat! ​There are enough restaurants and cafes for a different menu every day
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A Pitlochry Walks leaflet is available for £1 from the Tourist Information Centre. All walks begin from the town
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These include:
  • Coronation Bridge walk
  • Bealach walk
  • Craigower hill
  • Ben y Vrackie
  • Around Loch Faskally
  • Garry Bridge, Tenandry, Killiecrankie and back along the river
  • Moulin Moor
  • Black Spout Wood
  • Black Castle 
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One way walks using the bus:
Local bus No. 24 to Ballinluig and change to No 23 westbound for Logierait, Grandtully and Aberfeldy or southbound to Hermitage, Dunkeld, Birnam, Bankfoot and Perth 
Other buses to Calvine, House of Bruar, Struan, Killiecrankie, Faskally, Kinloch Rannoch, Tummel Bridge
  • Strathtay via Ballinluig and walk back to Pitlochry. 7.5 miles 
  • Killiecrankie visitor centre, along rivers Garry and Tummel to Pitlochry. 4 miles
  •  Killiecrankie visitor centre, Loch a Choire, Bealach nan Sermoin, Moulin to Pitlochry
  • Logierait to Pitlochry on the Dunfallandy Road (and check out the Pictish Stone) 
  • Aberfeldy or Grandtully to Pitlochry following part of the Rob Roy Way and visit the standing stones en route (Whitewater rafting at Grandtully usually at weekends)

Walks from Dunkeld (regular buses and trains from Pitlochry)
 Dunkeld Walks leaflet - all walks start from the town  - includes the Hermitage walk, Inchewan path, Fiddler’s and Bishop’s path, Loch of the Lowes, Birnam Hill, Atholl Woods walk, Loch Ordie path, Braan, Inver and Birnam paths 
  

You can get a bus or train from Pitlochry to:
  • Blair Atholl. Working watermill, Blair Castle and gardens, historic village, river and mountain walks
  • Newtonmore. Highland Folk Museum
  • Dunkeld and Birnam. Cathedral, Beatrix Potter Garden
  • Kingussie. Speyside, woodland and hill walks
  • Dalwhinnie. Distillery 12 mins walk from station
  • Perth. River Tay walks, Black Watch castle and museum, City Museum, art galleries, Fair Maid's house, shopping
  • Edinburgh
  • Glasgow

Friendly staff at the station will help with train times and tickets
Citylink tickets and reservations are available at the Tourist Information Centre, as well as ideas for what to do 
Cycle Routes
 Under 10 miles
  • Moulin, Edradour, East Haugh
  • Killiecrankie, Tenandry, Garry Bridge
  • Suspension bridge, Port na Craig, towards Foss to Clunie Dam 
  • The Moulin Moor challenge! Up and down
      
 Under 20  miles
     Dalcapon, Ballinluig, Logierait, Dunfallandy

 Under 30 miles
     Moulin, Kirkmichael
     Foss, Tummel Bridge, Stathtummel


 Under 40 miles
    Blair Atholl, Calvine, Tummel Bridge, Strathtummel

Under 50 miles
      Moulin, Kirkmichael, Blacklunans, Cray, B951 round Mt Blair,                Bridge of Brewlands, Kirkmichael
    
Long route:.
    Etape Caledonia route
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Photos from cyclist.co.uk
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Cycle routes - train one way, cycle back to Pitlochry
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Book in advance
  •  Perth 28 miles on Sustrans route. Quiet roads and cycle paths
  • Dunkeld 13 miles via Sustrans route. Mostly quiet roads
  • Dunkeld 14 miles via Dalguise and Logierait
  • Dalwhinnie 31 miles. Mostly cycle path
  • Kingussie 45 miles. Mostly cycle path​
Useful websites: 
Traveline Scotland  (Double check with the transport provider as this site is occasionally wrong)
Scotrail
National Rail
Walk Highlands
Sustrans



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