Walk: Doune by the riverside

📌 Doune, Stirling
★★★

It’s only a few hundred metres from the centre of Doune village to its popular castle, along quiet residential streets with a short footpath completing the job. After getting your Outlander fill from within the stone walls, why not head back by a slightly longer route? A picturesque ramble along the River Teith forms a less direct way back to the village, giving a chance to escape the summer crowds. The first leg loops around a small water treatment centre (but “Doune by the sewage works” wasn’t such a catchy name for the walk) before following the water course through fields, woodland and the occasional muddy patch, with several good views back to the castle. With an extra 30-minute (round trip) walk along pavements, you could easily add in Deanston Distillery to make more of a day of it.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish on Castlehill Court, Doune village centre

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 728015

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.188941,-4.051674

🚌 Bus to Doune

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 3 km / 2 mi | ▲ 20 m | ⌛ 1 hr

Features: 🏠 Doune ★★; 🏰 Doune Castle ★★★★; 💧 Ardoch Burn; 💧 River Teith

⬤ Easy | Mix of wide and narrow paths (muddy in places), tracks, minor roads and village pavements.

➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Doune Castle – confluence of Ardoch Burn & River Teith – follow River Teith upstream to A84 – Doune – start

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Dipper on the Ardoch Burn; dogs being taken for a walk.

Weather: 7°C, sunny, moderate breeze with the river full of snowmelt.

February 2018