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Gardens and Trees
Perthshire is " Big Tree Country", featuring some of the most remarkable trees and woodlands anywhere in Europe. Travel along our leafy country roads and

- explore remnants of Scotland's ancient wildwood
- discover where modern forestry began in this country
- visit Europe's oldest living thing, the Fortingall Yew
- wander through the homeland of globetrotting plant hunters
- marvel at the stunning specimens they introduced from around the world
- delight in fanciful follies and grottoes
- perhaps have a close encounter with some of our woodland wildlife

Killiecrankie
This spectacular wooded gorge, with its famous Soldier’s Leap - much admired by Queen Victoria in 1844, is tranquil now, and is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest because it is a fine example of an oak and mixed deciduous woodland. The Visitor Centre exhibition features the battle, natural history and ranger services. In the Centre visitors can now watch birds nesting, via a remote camera in the woodlands.

Queens View
This spectacular view - considered one of the most famous in Scotland - is just one of the scenic views to be seen locally.

There is now an exhibition and audio visual display "The cradle of Scottish Forestry" telling the history of people and forests in Highland Perthshire.

Facilities include a tea room, toilets and shop (wheelchair access to all facilities) and car park. There is a car park charge (£1 at the time of writing) which includes entry to the exhibition and helps to maintain the site. A guide map can be purchased from the shop that will inform you of the opportunities for walks, cycling or just to relax.

Cairngorm National Park
The Cairngorms National Park officially opened on the 1st of September 2003. It is Scotland's second national park, and the U.K's largest at 3800 square kilometres (1400 square miles).

It stretches from Grantown on Spey to the heads of the Angus Glens, from Ballater to Dalwhinnie and Drumochter including much of the Laggan area in the southwest and a large area of the Glen Livet estate and the Strathdon/Glen Buchat area. Home to 46 Munros (mountains over 3000 feet high) to some of Scotland's cleanest rivers, and to the spectacular CairnGorm Funicular, the country's highest and fastest mountain railway.