📌 Touch Hills, Stirling
★★★★

It’s only a 5-minute drive from the suburbs of Stirling city, but North Third Reservoir is a truly stunning location for a short walk. Backed by the pinnacle crags of Lewis Hill, these trout-rich waters are often frequented by swans, ducks – and greylag geese which can provide a noisy accompaniment to the otherwise tranquil scene. Some parts of the shore path are a bit squelchy, but the views are excellent – and sensational once atop Sauchie Craig and Lewis Hill. As for the sunsets…

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish near Weatherlaw Wood, minor road 4 mi southwest of Stirling

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 756880

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.068827,-3.999560

❌ No public transport within 1 mi

🚗 Various laybys

📝 Key info

▶ 5 km / 3 mi | ▲ 100 m | ⌛ 1.5-2 hr

Features: 💧North Third Reservoir; △ Lewis Hill (266 m)

Moderate | Clear paths are muddy in parts low down, although duckboards cross the worst bits. Short but steep ascent to crags.

➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – path on west bank of Bannock Burn – west bank of North Third Reservoir – cross dam – ascend Sauchie Craig at east end – Lewis Hill – Craigs Wood – start

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Hundreds of excitable greylag geese; sheep, mallard ducks, wigeon.

Weather: Sunny with a gentle breeze, temperature in low / mid teens.* Calm & crisp with evening sunshine, sub-zero temperature by the return to the car. A dusting of snow on the ground in shady spots.**

April 2025* & March 2016**
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