Blair Castle, Blair Atholl

Name: Blair Castle
Address: Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, PH18 5TL, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1796 481207

#3 among attractions in Blair Atholl

Top attraction, History museum, Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture

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Blair Castle stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the ancestral home of the Clan Murray, and was historically the seat of their chief, the Duke of Atholl, though the current Duke, Bruce Murray, lives in South Africa. The castle stands in Glen Garry, and commands a strategic position on the main route through the central Scottish Highlands. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°46'17"N, 3°51'57"W

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Blair CastleBlair Atholl PH18 5TL United Kingdom

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+44 1796 481207

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Blair Atholl

Day trips

Blair Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Falls of Bruar, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry fish ladder, Beinn a' Ghlò.

2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Falls of Bruar, Blair Atholl
66 min walk • The Falls of Bruar are a series of waterfalls on the Bruar Water in Scotland, about 8 miles from Pitlochry in the council area of Perth and Kinross.
7.1 miSE
Theater
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry
181 min walk • The Pitlochry Festival Theatre is large performing arts theatre located in the town and burgh of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The idea of a performance space in the area was conceived in the late 1940s by John Stewart, a leading promoter of amateur dramatics in Glasgow. The theatre officially opened on 19 May 1951.
6.9 miSE
Dam, Park
Pitlochry fish ladder, Pitlochry
177 min walk • The Pitlochry fish ladder is a fish ladder next to the Pitlochry Power Station, near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, which allows salmon to travel upstream during the breeding season.
6.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn a' Ghlò, Cairngorms National Park
169 min walk • Beinn a’ Ghlò is a Scottish mountain situated roughly 10 km north east of Blair Atholl in the Forest of Atholl in between Glen Tilt and Glen Loch, in Cairngorms National Park.
6.8 miSE
Church
Pitlochry Church of Scotland, Pitlochry
175 min walk • Pitlochry Church of Scotland is a congregation of the Church of Scotland, a Presbyterian Church. The church building is located in Church Road, Pitlochry, in Perthshire, Scotland. The church today serves the tourist town of Pitlochry in the Tummel valley. The church is a category A listed building.
0.9 miE
56°46'1"N • 3°50'33"W
Blair Atholl Garage, Blair Atholl
24 min walk • Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
6.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Faskally Forest, Pitlochry
169 min walk • Faskally Forest, also known as Faskally Woods, is a wooded area in the historic county of Perthshire, Scotland. It is among the mixed woodlands of Perthshire, and is well known for its radiant colours during the autumn.
5.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Glen Tilt, Cairngorms National Park
139 min walk • Glen Tilt is a glen in the extreme north of Perthshire, Scotland. Beginning at the confines of Aberdeenshire, it follows a South-westerly direction excepting for the last 4 miles, when it runs due south to Blair Atholl.
4.8 miSW
Recreational lake for fishing and boating
Loch Tummel
123 min walk • Loch Tummel is a long, narrow loch, seven kilometres northwest of Pitlochry in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Faskally
153 min walk • Loch Faskally is a man-made reservoir in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 2.5 kilometres northwest of Pitlochry.
6.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Black Castle of Moulin, Pitlochry
177 min walk • The Black Castle of Moulin, is a ruined castle located in Moulin near Pitlochry, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The castle was built about 1326 by Sir John Campbell of Lochawe on an island, or crannog, in a loch, now drained. The castle was torched in 1512, due to a fear of plague, and fell into ruins.