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Birnam Arts & Beatrix Potter Perthshire Experience

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If you grew up on Beatrix Potter's stories, there's something special about visiting the place where she spent her childhood summers.

Birnam Arts is the Victorian institute in the village across the river from Dunkeld, and it's owned by the community. The Beatrix Potter exhibition and garden tell the story of her summers here. The shop sells her books and characters. A two-hundred-seat hall puts on folk, theatre, film and comedy, and the gallery has a new show every few weeks. The café is where Birnam meets for coffee and a scone. The gallery and café open daily from nine and the exhibition from half ten, and the station is next door.

Close byARAN BakeryFlora Shedden's bakery on Atholl Street in Dunkeld, named from the Gaelic for bread, with sourdough loaves, pastries, cakes and lunches.2 min by roadSee itARAN Bakery

Opening hours

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Monday
10.30am–3.30pm
Tuesday
10.30am–3.30pm
Wednesday
10.30am–3.30pm
Thursday
10.30am–3.30pm
Friday
10.30am–3.30pm
Saturday
10.30am–3.30pm
Sunday
10.30am–3.30pm
Close by
  1. Beatrix Potter GardenBeatrix Potter GardenUnder a mile1 min by road
  2. Birnam, PerthshireBirnamUnder a mile1 min by road
  3. Birnam OakBirnam OakUnder a mile2 min by road
  4. Picnic tables on a lawn with a canopy, church spire and townhouses behindThe TaybankUnder a mile2 min by road
  5. Shelves of gifts, baskets and jars fill a small shop interiorLÒN StoreUnder a mile2 min by road
Directions
Dried flower display above a shopfront doorway on Atholl StreetCafeARAN Bakery0.7 miles
ShoppingHairy Coo & Co, Dunkeld0.8 miles
Gothic arched windows line the sandstone cathedral beside a mossy treeAttractionsDunkeld Cathedral0.8 miles
Woman walks towards a stone hut through autumn woodlandAttractionsThe Hermitage1.5 miles
A red timber cabin with a steep pitched roof stands on a hillside among pines, a covered deck and chairs to one side.PerthshireJuniperSleeps 2 · 1.8 miles
Bronze stag statue on a flowerbed outside a white turreted country houseAttractionsDunkeld House Hotel2.2 miles
Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve, PerthshireAttractionsLoch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve3.2 miles
Little Pheasant, PerthshirePerthshireLittle PheasantSleeps 4 · 6.5 miles
An aerial view shows a stone and timber cottage with a round hot tub in the garden, hills rising behind a dry stone wall.PerthshirePheasant CottageSleeps 6 · 6.5 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near Birnam Arts & Beatrix Potter Perthshire Experience, and when each is next free.

A red timber cabin with a steep pitched roof stands on a hillside among pines, a covered deck and chairs to one side.Juniper
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Perthshire
  • A mile from Birnam Arts & Beatrix Potter Perthshire Experience
Check datesAn aerial view shows a stone and timber cottage with a round hot tub in the garden, hills rising behind a dry stone wall.Pheasant Cottage
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Perthshire
  • 5 miles from Birnam Arts & Beatrix Potter Perthshire Experience
Check datesLittle Pheasant, PerthshireLittle Pheasant
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Perthshire
  • 5 miles from Birnam Arts & Beatrix Potter Perthshire Experience
Check datesA stone cottage with a gabled dormer window catches evening light among autumn trees, a bench and picnic table on the gravel outside.Charlottefield
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Perthshire
  • 8 miles from Birnam Arts & Beatrix Potter Perthshire Experience
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