CountrysideClackmannanshireNational Trust for Scotland4.8
Free entry for National Trust members
This place is cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, a separate charity. Under the INTO reciprocal visiting arrangement, National Trust members from England, Wales and Northern Ireland get free standard entry. Show your current membership card at admissions.
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Free for everyone.
charges for non-members
Quarry car park at the foot of the glen (56.171857, -3.670367), free for National Trust for Scotland members and, under the INTO arrangement, National Trust members. A smaller upper car park near the castle is unsuitable for large vehicles. The glen can also be reached on foot from Dollar via the Mill Green.
Dollar Glen is a wooded gorge cut into the Ochil Hills above the town of Dollar, where the Burns of Care and Sorrow tumble through waterfalls below Castle Campbell, the 15th-century Clan Campbell stronghold run by Historic Environment Scotland. The National Trust for Scotland cares for the glen itself, a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its ferns, 190 kinds of lichen and more than 100 mosses, with brown long-eared bats and green woodpeckers. A network of paths with bridges and steps climbs from the Quarry car park through the gorge to the castle gates and the open hill, a circuit of an hour or two. Dogs are welcome in the glen, under close control near grazing livestock. Reviewers love the waterfalls in every season and say children paddle in the burn. Tips from visitors: the paths are steep, uneven and slippery in the wet, there are no toilets, park at the lower car park for the full walk or the small upper one for a short route to the castle, and members park free.
No toilets on site. Castle Campbell is run by Historic Environment Scotland and charges separately; open daily 1 April to 30 September.
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Dog access not confirmed
Approx 1.3 miles through woodland to a seat overlooking the glen; steep paths and several bridges; parking at the Quarry car park, free for members.
Dog access not confirmed
Approx 0.4 miles along the Burn of Sorrow gorge past waterfalls; steep with several bridges.
