Walk: Glen Finglas Play Trail – forest fun

📌 The Trossachs, Stirling
★★★

This short and sweet “play trail” maintained by the Woodland Trust is one of the hidden gems of the Trossachs – particularly for children. 17 interactive sculptures test visitors’ senses and introduce some of the local wildlife, while complementing the beautiful woodland landscape on the north side of Loch Venachar (though views of the loch itself are at a premium). The route starts at the Glen Finglas Visitor Gateway: a swish, modern visitor centre with toilets and its own, free flora and fauna exhibition – Scotland could do with more of these!

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish at Glen Finglas Visitor Gateway, A821 0.5 mi east of Brig o’ Turk

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 546065

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.229156,-4.347470

❌ No public transport within 1 mi

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 2 km / 1 mi | ▲ 60 m | ⌛ 45 min

Features: 🏚️ Glen Finglas Visitor Gateway; 🌳 Play Trail features

⬤ Easy | Clear path but quite steep in places; some steps, busy road crossing.

➡️ Clockwise lollipop circuit: start & visitor centre – Lendrick Lodge – cross A821 – loop around Bad a’ Chois – return by outward route. Route in green on map 🔗 here

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Blue tits, dogs being walked.

Weather: About 10°C, mostly sunny with a few areas of cloud.

October 2019