Walk: Bummie

📌 Forfar, Angus
★★★

Bummie is the rude-sounding local name for Balmashanner Hill: the high ground protecting Forfar from the south, crowned with an impressive war memorial and probably contributing to the town’s reputation as a frost hollow. Both the Sidlaw Hills and southern Cairngorms are visible from the top, with paths linking the summit to streets coming up from the town centre. Park centrally and explore historic Forfar itself too.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish on Myre Road, Forfar town centre

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NO 454507

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.644433,-2.891519

🚌 Bus to Forfar

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 4 km / 2 mi | ▲ 120 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr

Features: 🏠 Forfar ★; ✞ Balmashanner Hill War Memorial; △ Balmashanner Hill / Bummie (174 m)

⬤ Easy | Paths (some steep) & residential streets.

➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start – Forfar & town sights – Reid Park – War Memorial – Balmashanner Hill – Blindwell – Newmonthill Cemetery – start

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Roe deer running through the fields around Balmashanner Hill.

Weather: Mostly sunny with a hard overnight frost, just above freezing, no wind. Snowcapped hills on the horizon.

November 2013