Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

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Reflections of the island in Loch Leven, Scotland, with the Pap of Glencoe in the middle distance.

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Overview

For sheer scenic variety, Perthshire is the pick of Scotland's counties and a place where everyone will find a special, personal spot. The county straddles the Highland border, with Highland Perthshire stretching north from Dunkeld, while Lowland Perthshire ranges from the sedate streets of Perth itself, a fair city with a fabulous attraction in lavish Scone Palace, to the rural market towns of Crieff and Blairgowrie. Kinross, once one of Scotland's smallest counties, is famous for lovely Loch Leven, with a historic island castle, scenic walks and good trout fishing.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Innerpeffray Library

Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

Scotland’s oldest lending library (founded in 1680) houses a huge collection of rare, interesting and ancient books, some of them 500 years old. If you…

Castle Campbell

Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

Castle Campbell is one of central Scotland's most dramatically situated castles, on a spur between two deep, wooded ravines known as the Burn of Sorrow…

St Serfs Church & Dupplin Cross

Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

The village of Dunning is dominated by the 12th-century Norman tower of St Serfs Church. The church's Romanesque architecture is interesting, but the main…

Lochleven Castle

Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

Evocative Lochleven Castle served as an island fortress and prison from the late 14th century; its most famous captive was Mary, Queen of Scots, who was…

Famous Grouse Experience

Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

At the old Glenturret Distillery, the highly rated Famous Grouse Experience has a better-than-average, one-hour distillery tour that's strong on the…

Meigle Museum

Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

Tiny Meigle Museum has 26 beautiful carved Pictish stones dating from the 7th to the 9th centuries, all found in the local area. Motifs range from…

Earthquake House

Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

This tiny stone building, set on a hillside less than a mile west of Comrie, was the world's first seismic observatory. It was built in 1874 to monitor…

Deil's Cauldron

Lowland Perthshire & Kinross

A mile north of Comrie, the River Lednock cascades out of a deep, wooded gorge and into a circular, rock-girt pool known as the Deil's Cauldron (the Devil…

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