📌 Town in Perth & Kinross
★★★
Overlooked by the forested slopes of The Knock, Crieff has always been an important transport and communications hub. It used to have a renowned cattle market, and still lies on a key east-west road from nearby Perth towards the West Highlands. In summer there are now herds of mainly well-heeled visitors brought here by the large Crieff Hydro resort, browsing a main street full of bakeries, chocolatiers, delicatessens (The Crieff Food Co. being the highlight), and a seemingly excessive number of takeaways. Yet the town doesn’t quite seem to have sold its soul to the tourist trade, and we think it retains a certain charm – together with nearby Glenturret Distillery, probably Scotland’s oldest distillery. With Ben Chonzie and the hills of the Highlands immediately to the north and fertile Strathearn to the south, you’re also spoilt for choice for local walks, with a number of scenic rambles starting from the town centre.
🌍 Location
📌 Perth & Kinross
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 865216
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.372658,-3.838849
🚌 Crieff is served by buses from Perth and Stirling.
Explore nearby
<1 mi away
>> Walk: Crieff to Muthill – fishy business by the River Earn ★★ (map: violet)
>> Walk: Knock of Crieff – country feast ★★★ (map: orange)
>> Walk: Lady Mary, whisky & a war general ★★★ (map: blue)
<3 mi away
>> Glenturret Distillery ★★★ (1 mi ↑)
>> Falls of Barvick ★★ (2 mi ↑)
>> Falls of Turret ★★ (2 mi ↑)
>> Drummond Castle Gardens ★★★★ (3 mi ↓)
>> Innerpeffray Chapel ★★ (3 mi →)
>> Muthill Old Church and Tower ★★ (3 mi ↓)
