Kinloch Rannoch – The Riverside Path and the Shed Gallery
A few hours.
The route
Kinloch Rannoch sits at the east end of Loch Rannoch, where the River Tummel runs out through the village under a stone bridge.
A riverside path follows the Tummel downstream through birch woods, and off the Square is a small gallery of photographs of the glen. Lunch is at the CornerStone, the village's community-owned bar and restaurant.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
Book a table online through the CornerStone's website for a Saturday or a holiday lunch; walk-ins are welcome when there's room.
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The day
Kinloch Rannoch
A gentle morning on foot with the car left in the Square: a riverside walk, a gallery of the glen's photographs and lunch.
The Rannoch riverside path
Park in the Square in Kinloch Rannoch, where a monument remembers Dugald Buchanan, the schoolmaster and Gaelic poet who helped the village grow after the 1745 rising. The riverside path starts beside the stone bridge over the River Tummel, which a plaque dates to 1764. In 2022 about 700 metres of the path in the village were rebuilt and surfaced for wheelchair users and cyclists, and the way down beside the bridge was part of the upgrade. Beyond that, a gravel path carries on downstream through birch woods to the hydro weir and a picnic area, with a board on the lochs and their hydro power. You may spot a red squirrel. For the loch itself, the short Lochend Path west of the village runs beside a drystone dyke, with Loch Rannoch stretching away towards Rannoch Moor.
The Shed Gallery
An attraction
Back in the Square, the Shed Gallery is along a little lane across from the Dunalastair Hotel. The landscape photographer Ian Biggs shows and works on his pictures here; he moved to Kinloch Rannoch in 2017 and has twice been runner-up in Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year. All the pictures are of the glen round about, and he sells framed and unframed prints as well as cards. If you've brought a camera, ask him where to go: he's happy to suggest places to photograph.
About 6 min on foot
The Cornerstone
Lunch
It's a few minutes' walk east from the Square to the CornerStone, a stone building with a timber dining room beside the falls of the Allt Mor. Lunch is soup made in the kitchen, open sandwiches sold by the inch, macaroni cheese, a burger of Highland beef and venison, or haddock and chips, with a smaller menu for children. Dogs are welcome, the Cosy Corner has a wood-burning stove, and anyone can use the toilets and baby changing during opening hours.
If it rains
On a wet morning, keep the riverside path short and take longer over the photographs in the gallery, then go on to lunch indoors at the CornerStone.
