Aberfeldy town map - Ronald P A Smith Street Plans

Find your way around Aberfeldy

FIRST THINGS FIRST! The best way of finding your way around the highland burgh of Aberfeldy is to purchase a copy of Ronald P A Smith's coloured Pitlochry/Aberfeldy/Dunkeld Street Plan, available from the tourist information centre and from many of the local petrol filling stations and newsagents. This map was first published in 1997 and is now in its 4th edition. At the large scale of 8 inches to 1 mile (1:7500), it includes the most detailed Aberfeldy map of its kind available; the only one with comprehensive indexes and locations of antiquities and places of interest; leisure facilities; schools; places of worship; health and welfare facilities; and other information including the local footpath network and locations of industrial estates, emergency services, etc. Be a discriminating purchaser!

As well as Pitlochry, Aberfeldy and Dunkeld/Birnam, the street map covers the (fairly) nearby villages of Blair Atholl and Kinloch Rannoch. To order by post direct from the publisher, please click on the 'Map Ordering' button on the left.

BURGH OF ABERFELDY

Aberfeldy, the capital of Breadalbane, is situated on the banks of the River Tay and the Moness Burn, about seven miles downstream of Loch Tay. Although a bit off the beaten track, it is a thriving town with a range of shops and services catering for the needs of a large area of Highland Perthshire, an area of unsurpassed natural beauty.

Aberfeldy is a popular holiday resort and touring centre with a wide range of accommodation in hotels, guest houses, B&Bs, a caravan site and an extensive time-share/self-catering development. For its size (it had 1,895 permanent residents at the 2001 census), it has a surprisingly good range of shops and leisure facilities, both tourist-related and catering for local needs. The town is a popular retirement location, with an encouraging amount of recent housing development.

Nearby, at Weem, are the impressive Castle Menzies and a late 15th century church used as a burial place for the Menzies family. Also within easy reach of Aberfeldy is the old-established village of Fortingall (said to be the birthplace of Pontius Pilate) with its thatched houses and 3000-year-old churchyard yew tree, the oldest piece of living vegetation in Europe. Beyond the village are the scenic delights of Glen Lyon. Also to the west is the village of Kenmore, beautifully situated on a promontory where the River Tay leaves Loch Tay (with its reconstructed crannog). Around Loch Tay and Glen Lyon are many mountains over 3,000 in height, providing a good variety of challenges for energetic walkers.

Antiquities and Places of Interest

Wade's Bridge - Still in use by modern vehicular traffic on the road to Kinloch Rannoch is the famous five-arched bridge constructed by General Wade over the River Tay as a vital link in his network of military roads (see photograph on right).

Black Watch Memorial - Situated close by Wade's Bridge is a monument commemorating the establishment of the Black Watch Regiment in 1739. Atop the cairn is the statue of a Highland gentleman volunteer with his single eagle's feather. And across the road is a putting green which seems to be particularly popular!

The Birks of Aberfeldy - One of Scotland's best afternoon walks is the circuit of the Falls of Moness, up the wooded defile known as the Birks of Aberfeldy. Starting from the very centre of the town, passing under the war memorial arch, ready pedestrian access can be gained to this famed beauty spot. The name 'Birks of Aberfeldy' is derived from a song by Robert Burns; it has been suggested that perhaps he meant the birks of Abergeldie, on Deeside, since birch trees are not particularly common in the valley of the Moness Burn! But don't let this spoil your afternoon out! The picture on the left shows the lower reaches of the Moness Burn through the town.

Aberfeldy Watermill - In the centre of the town, off Bank Street, the Aberfeldy Watermill uses the waters of the Moness Burn to produce oatmeal. Visitors can view the traditional mill processes and an audio visual presentation.

Aberfeldy Distillery and Dewar's World of Whisky - A new visitor attraction at Aberfeldy is Dewar's World of Whisky just east of the town on the Dunkeld Road. A must for whisky enthusiasts!

Tourist Information Centre - Conveniently located in a former church building off the square, pictured on the right, is the Aberfeldy Tourist Information Centre. Here is the place to gather further information on Aberfeldy and vicinity, find accommodation, and obtain promotional leaflets and local publications.

R P A Smith's local street map also covers Pitlochry and Dunkeld. For further information on these places, please click the relevant buttons on the upper left.

R P A Smith's range of Street Plans covers the following towns and villages in Perthshire:

ABERFELDY
Abernethy
Almondbank
ALYTH
AUCHTERARDER
Balbeggie
Bankfoot
Birnam
Blackford
Blair Atholl
BLAIRGOWRIE
Braco
Bridge of Earn
Burrelton
CALLANDER
COMRIE
COUPAR ANGUS
CRIEFF
DOUNE
DUNBLANE
DUNKELD
Dunning
Errol
Gleneagles
Glencarse
Glenfarg
Guildtown
Inchture
Kinloch Rannoch
Luncarty
Meigle
Methven
Muthill
PERTH
PITLOCHRY
Rattray
St Madoes
Scone
Stanley
Woodside