📌 Ochil Hills, Clackmannanshire
★★★★
🛠️ Gorge path damaged (but reported as passable with care) due to river erosion (April 2024)
Mill Glen is probably the most dramatic of the many steep-sided gorges draining water south from the Ochil Hill summits towards the Hillfoots Villages. This is no ordinary glen: long stretches of ladder staircases and boardwalks scale increasingly craggy valley sides, with sturdy bridges high above small waterfalls. It must be an even more exciting place when the burn’s in spate, but look out for rockfalls – the whole of the path through the glen was closed for years until major stabilisation works were completed by the council in 2017. A path traversing the hillside further east was the diversion route during the closure, and forms the return leg of the circuit detailed here, with sweeping views over the sudden flatness of the Clackmannanshire plains. The base of the gorge can be tricky to photograph due to big contrasts in sun and shade; visit during the middle of the day for the best light.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish on Upper Mill Street, 0.5 mi north of Tillicoultry town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 914975
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.157765,-3.750000
🚌 Bus to Tillicoultry
🚗 Car park / street parking
📝 Key info
▶ 2 km / 1 mi | ▲ 150 m | ⌛ 1 hr
Features: 🌊 Mill Glen & waterfalls
⬤ Moderate | Clear path, narrow and rough in a few places with lots of unprotected drops. Several flights of steps.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – top of Mill Glen via main glen path – return to start via path above east side of glen
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Small woodland birds, dogs, dog walkers.
Weather: Sunny, a few degrees above freezing.
February 2018
