Pitlochry town map - Ronald P A Smith Street Plans

Find your way around Pitlochry and Moulin

FIRST THINGS FIRST! The best way of finding your way around the renowned tourist resort of Pitlochry is to purchase a copy of Ronald P A Smith's coloured Pitlochry/Aberfeldy/Dunkeld Street Plan, available from the tourist information centre, W H Smith 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 Pitlochry 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.

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 PITLOCHRY

Pitlochry is one of Scotland's best-known holiday resorts, well situated by the River Tummel and Loch Faskally and amid the splendid scenery of the Perthshire hills and mountains. Easily accessible by road and rail, the town has grown primarily as a tourist resort since Victorian times. There is a wide range of tourist accommodation available, ranging from large hotels in picturesque wooded settings to numerous guest houses and dwellings offering bed and breakfast.

Atholl Road, Pitlochry's main thoroughfare, boasts a wide range of quality gift shops, cafes and restaurants, together with others catering for the day-to-day needs of the town's 2,564 (2001 census) residents. Pitlochry makes an excellent tourist centre; within easy reach are Blair Castle, the Pass of Killiecrankie (with National Trust for Scotland Visitor Centre) and the 'Road to the Isles' to Rannoch Station via Loch Tummel (don't miss the Queen's View) and Loch Rannoch with the constant backdrop of Schiehallion, the pointed mountain on the south side.

Places of Interest

Pitlochry Dam and Fish Ladder - The town's best known tourist attraction is, perhaps surprisingly, the result of a power generation scheme. The damming of the River Tummel has produced a beautiful sheet of water, Loch Faskally, while Pitlochry Power Station itself includes a fish ladder and a very interesting museum (the Scottish Hydro-Electric Visitor Centre) containing exhibits about hydro-electricity. The surroundings are very well landscaped, and Loch Faskally looks as it it has always been there! Somewhere not be missed!

Woodland Walks - Pitlochry and its surroundings are a walker's paradise. In and near the town are pleasant river and lochside walks, plus roads past attractive water features like The Cuilc and paths to the Black Spout waterfall and up Ben Vrackie. Many of Scotland's 'Munros' (mountains over 3,000 feet in height) are within easy reach.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre - From its early days as 'Scotland's tented theatre in the hills', this theatre has developed as a major tourist and visitor draw for Pitlochry. It has a highly respected repertoire of drama and comedy, and further extensions to its facilities have been carried out in the year 2000. Situated on the opposite bank of the River Tummel from the centre of the town, it can be reached on foot via the suspension bridge and the quaint hamlet of Port-na-Craig (pictured left).

Moulin Village - On the northern edge of Pitlochry is the formerly separate village of Moulin, centred on its parish kirk which is claimed to have been originally founded by St Columba himself in 490. Not far to the south-east are the remains of Caisteal Dubh (Black Castle) which was built by Sir John Campbell in 1326 and abandoned after the great plague in 1512. Just north of the village is a standing stone known as the Dane's Stone, while in the centre, the Moulin Brewery is a more modern place of interest.

Blair Athol Distillery - Continuing the theme of alcoholic beverages, Bell's Blair Athol Distillery on the Perth Road is a tourist attraction in its own right. Guided tours are available throughout the year.

Tourist Information Centre - Centrally located in Atholl Road, this all-year information centre is the place to gather further information on Pitlochry and the surrounding area, together with assistance in finding accommodation, etc.

R P A Smith's Pitlochry map also covers Aberfeldy 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