CountrysidePerthshireNational Trust for Scotland4.5
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. The car park charge is waived for National Trust for Scotland members and, under the INTO reciprocal arrangement, National Trust members.
£5 for non-members
Car park on two levels at the visitor centre, £5 per car for non-members, free for National Trust for Scotland members and, under the INTO arrangement, National Trust members. Disabled bays on each level.
The Pass of Killiecrankie is a wooded gorge on the River Garry north of Pitlochry, where the Highlands meet the Lowlands, and where on 27 July 1689 the first battle of the Jacobite risings was fought, a bloody victory for the Jacobites that cost them their leader, Viscount Dundee. The National Trust for Scotland's visitor centre tells the story, and paths drop from it into the pass to Soldier's Leap, where a fleeing redcoat is said to have jumped 18 feet across the river, and on to the green footbridge under the railway viaduct, with red squirrels, pine martens and rare fungi in the oakwoods. Autumn colour here is famous. Dogs under control are welcome on the gorge paths and, on a lead, in the visitor centre. Reviewers praise the independently run cafe by the car park and the walks, and note that a member's card covers the parking. Tips from visitors: the path into the pass is steep with steps and harder coming back up, the pay and display car park is on two levels, and the Linn of Tummel path continues down the river.
Visitor centre open daily all year except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day; 10:00 to 16:00 from 26 October to 31 March 2027.
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Dog friendly
There and back from Killiecrankie visitor centre; 2 1/2 miles (4km), 1 1/2 hours, moderate, 81m ascent; pay and display parking, free for NT and NTS members.
