📌 Amulree, Perth & Kinross
★★★
The remote settlement of Amulree was once situated on key military and cattle droving routes through the Central Highlands. Nowadays it’s little more than a handful of cottages and farms, and the A-road through the region mostly only carries local traffic. If you haven’t visited, you’re missing out; this is an area with some magnificent scenery. A drive through Sma’ Glen when approaching Amulree from the south gives a tantalising taste, but walking further west into upper Glen Almond and Glen Lochan (linked by a narrow pass) gives full immersion in the landscape and a guaranteed escape from any sort of crowds whatsoever – we had all 13 miles of this route completely to ourselves.
📷 Chronological photo guide
View east from Newton Bridge 
Track through Glen Almond 
Right fork to Auchnafree 
Glen Shervie 
Steep ascent to the bealach at the head of Glen Lochan 
Lochan in Glen Lochan(!) 
Descent to Lochan Uaine 
Lochan Uaine with Meall nan Fuaran beyond 
Boggy approach to Lochan a’ Mhuilinn 
Lochan a’ Mhuilinn 
Lochan a’ Mhuilinn 
View east to Amulree from above Croftmill 
Descent to Croftmill 
View back to Loch Freuchie from the Glen Quaich road 
Glen Quaich road, looking east (spot the pheasant!) 
Track southeast of Lynemore 
Road section south of Corrymuckloch 
Old Military Road – use the parallel A822 in wet conditions 
Descent to Newton Bridge from the Old Military Road 
Newton Burn just upstream from Newton Bridge
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish just east of Newton Bridge, A822 3 mi south of Amulree
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 888315
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.462065,-3.806114
🚌 Extremely infrequent bus to Newton Bridge
🚗 Laybys
📝 Key info
▶ 21 km / 13 mi | ▲ 330 m | ⌛ 5.5-6.5 hr
Features: 💧 Glen Almond & River Almond; 💧 Glen Lochan & lochs
⬤ Moderate | Tracks, roads & paths for vast majority of route. Generally gentle gradients, but with briefly steep ascent beyond Auchnafree. Path through Glen Lochan has some boggy sections; Old Military Road for final few miles can also be soggy – in wet conditions it may be better to follow the parallel A822.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Auchnafree via Glen Almond – Glen Lochan & Lochan a’ Mhuilinn via Rob Roy Way – Croftmill – track north then west of Corrymuckloch – start via Old Military Road
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Red kites, buzzards & possibly a sparrowhawk / kestrel. Whooper swans & mallards on Lochan a’ Mhulinn. Sheep; loads of pheasants after Croftmill.
Weather: Sunny with temperature in single figures, generally light wind.
November 2021
