📌 Ochil Hills, Clackmannanshire
★★★★
🛠️ Outward path through Mill Glen damaged in one spot due to river erosion, but passable on rough boulders (checked June 2024)
Mill Glen is probably the most dramatic of the many steep-sided gorges draining water south from the Ochil Hill summits towards the Hillfoots Villages. This is no ordinary glen: long stretches of ladder staircases and boardwalks scale increasingly craggy valley sides, with sturdy bridges high above small waterfalls. It must be an even more exciting place when the burn’s in spate, but is susceptible to erosion and rockfalls – the entire path through the glen was closed for years until major stabilisation works were completed by the council in 2017. A path traversing the hillside further east was the diversion route during the closure and forms the return leg of the circuit detailed here, with sweeping views over the sudden flatness of the Clackmannanshire plains.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on Upper Mill Street, 0.5 mi north of Tillicoultry town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 914975
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.157765,-3.750000
🚌 Bus to Tillicoultry
🚗 Car park / street parking
📝 Key info
▶ 2 km / 1 mi | ▲ 150 m | ⌛ 1 hr
Features: 🌊 Mill Glen & waterfalls
⬤ Moderate | Clear path, narrow and rough in a few places with lots of unprotected drops. Several flights of steps.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – top of Mill Glen via main glen path – return to start via path above east side of glen
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Sheep higher up the glen, Speckled Wood butterflies.
Weather: 15°C at the car park, quite sunny, cooling breeze.
June 2024
