📌 Alyth, Perth & Kinross
★★★
Alyth is a picturesque village set astride the (flood-prone) Alyth Burn, which is criss-crossed by numerous footbridges. The southeastern section of the 64-mile Cateran Trail makes a V-shaped detour here on its way back to Blairgowrie. For a shorter walk, both sides of the “V” can be joined up via the village’s namesake hill. The summit and its Jubilee Beacon command wide views of Glen Isla and the Cairngorms to the north, with the Sidlaws laid out to the south beyond fertile Strathmore. (For baggers, the slightly higher, true summit of the Hill of Alyth is half a mile west of the trig point visited on this walk.) Adding in the Hill of Loyal enables you to look down on an iron age fort atop Barry Hill, with a “detour” to the Alyth Hotel for lunch at the start or finish also recommended.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on Market Square, B952, Alyth village centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 246485
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.622573,-3.230266
🚌 Bus to Alyth
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 6 km / 4 mi | ▲ 220 m | ⌛ 2.5 hr
Features: Alyth; △ Hill of Loyal (274 m); △ Hill of Alyth trig point (295 m); 🔥 Jubilee Beacon
⬤ Moderate | Good tracks and paths for approach and return; informal, grassy paths higher up: faint in places, especially on Hill of Loyal.
Download file for GPS➡️ Anticlockwise circuit with extension to Hill of Loyal: start – bealach between Hill of Loyal and Hill of Alyth via Cateran Trail (east part) – Hill of Loyal, with best views of Barry Hill just to east of the summit – return to bealach – Hill of Alyth trig point – Jubilee Beacon to southwest – start via Cateran Trail (west part)
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Sheep and cows on the hills; pheasants; fish in Alyth Burn
Weather: Sunny spells and a bit breezy – dry but with thundery showers threatening to the west.
May 2014
