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East of the Trossachs on the
River Teith, Callander is the gateway to the
Highlands and an impressive tourist hotspot. It
became ‘Tannochbrae’ in the original series of ‘Dr
Finlay’s Casebook’.
It was greatly expanded by the Commissioners of
Forfeited Estates following the failure of the
Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite rebellion in
1745. It was placed firmly on the tourist trail by
Sir Walter Scott and the poet William Wordsworth,
who urged travellers to take wilderness tours by
horse-drawn carriage.
The town’s visitor centre
contains a display about the outlaw Rob Roy
MacGregor, who is buried at Balquhidder. There are
numerous pleasant walks to the Falls of Leny and
Bracklinn Falls a mile away. Those with stout
boots might like to head for the summit of Ben
Ledi.
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