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A landscape view of Kin between two birch trunks, its black boards and rusted panels above the blaeberry, spruce behind.
Perthshire

Kin at Redhill Retreat

For two, with one bedroom, a sauna and room for the dog.

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Welcome

Kin stands low in a bank of blaeberry among birches and spruce at Redhill Retreat.

It is a black timber cabin with a rust-red roof edge, a rusted steel shutter over one window and a screen beside the deck cut with dandelion clocks. Floor-to-ceiling windows look out over the fields to Loch Rannoch.

Inside it is the brightest of the three cabins: a pink leather headboard and pink linen, two patchwork armchairs, a cowhide rug, and a shower tiled in pink and green half-moons. The bed can be a king or two singles, so it suits a couple or two friends. There is a small bioethanol stove for the evenings, a kitchenette with a Belfast sink, and underfloor heating throughout.

Sheryl and Lynsey built the cabins themselves. The woodland sauna, the cold shower and the two fire pits are shared with Loch and Rannoch, and the goats, sheep and ducks come with the place.

Experience the sauna Sheryl always dreamed of, or the firepits that Lynsey loved sitting around watching the unspoilt skies for hours.
Sheryl and Lynsey, who built Redhill Retreat
What is here

A bed made up as a king or as twins, floor-to-ceiling windows and a private deck with two chairs.

Sauna
Fireplace
Firepit
Private terrace or patio
Dog friendly
Kitchen
Underfloor heating
Good to know
Arriving
From 4pm. Tell the owners when, and they will be there to meet you.
Leaving
By 10am. Leave the keys in the door.
A longer lie
If nobody arrives the day you leave, up to two more hours: look for a note on your pillow.
Parking
A short walk from the cabins, with trolleys for the bags.
Adults only
Every guest 18 or over.
Dogs
Welcome, on a lead in the grounds. Ask first for more than two.
Sauna
Free to use. Give 90 minutes' notice to heat it; towels are in the basket under the bed.
Fires
In the two fire pits, with wood, firelighters and matches laid. Never on the deck.
The animals
Goats, sheep and ducks roam, so keep the gates shut. There is feed for them.
Quiet
No loud noise after 11pm, and no drones or fireworks.
Midges
On muggy evenings. There is Smidge under the sink.
Getting about
The Dial-a-Bus goes anywhere round Kinloch Rannoch for about £3.50; book it ahead.
When it is free

October2026

MTWTFSS

Your dates

Choose the night you arrive.Then the morning you leave.

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At Redhill Retreat
A landscape view of Loch on the crest of its grassy bank, the glass front reflecting the birches and a rusted screen by an old stump.Loch at Redhill RetreatSleeps 2
  • A glass front onto the loch
  • A hexagon window in the door
Free 4–6 NovRannoch from across the clearing: a black cabin with a larch end, a rope-railed deck and a mossy drystone dyke, tall pines behind.Rannoch at Redhill RetreatSleeps 2
  • By the moon gate in the pinewood
  • A record player and LPs
Free 4–6 NovThe whole placeRedhill RetreatEvery house, the group calendar and what there is to do there.See Redhill Retreat
In the wood

What the three cabins share, in the wood between them.

A landscape view of the sauna benches running to a floor-to-ceiling window onto the birches.Free to useThe woodland saunaViews of the forest and the loch from the benches, then a cold-therapy shower outside. Give the owners 90 minutes' notice to heat it.
A landscape view of the fire pit's seats of upright timbers of different heights and its rusted stove, a fence and spruce behind.Wood laidTwo fire pitsOne in the middle of the retreat and one by the sauna, each with wood, firelighters and matches ready. Keep it quiet for the others.
Three sheep, black, brown and white, line up at the blue-grey gate under its Please Shut the Gate sign.Feed providedThe animalsGoats, sheep and ducks roam the grounds. There is feed for them, and the gates are to be kept shut.
A rusted steel ring set into a mossy drystone dyke frames the birch wood beyond, the moon gate outside Rannoch.Short and longWalks from the gateRannoch is full of walks, and the owners' favourites start just outside the gate, with the Black Wood close by.
Where it is

Redhill Retreat is on the south shore of Loch Rannoch, a few miles west of Kinloch Rannoch, with Schiehallion rising behind.

The loch road is quiet, and single track in places. You need not drive in the evening: the Dial-a-Bus will take you anywhere in and around Kinloch Rannoch for about £3.50 if you book it ahead, and a bus runs from the village square to Pitlochry.

Close byWhere Sheryl and Lynsey send their guests, nearest first.
  1. A gnarled old pine with twisted branches stands behind a mossy trunk, bracken on the floor and purple rhododendron flowers at the bottom.The Black WoodRannoch is full of walks, short and long. The owners' favourites are just outside the gate, or in the Black Wood.Under half a mile0 min by road
  2. A wider view of The Cornerstone's stone and larch building, diners visible through its glass, with the hill and pylon behind.The CornerstoneThe community-owned bar and restaurant in Kinloch Rannoch, great for pizza. Lynsey project-managed the build and did the interior design.3 miles5 min by road
  3. Schiehallion's cone rises beyond birch woods above a winding farm track and a timber hut with a metal roof, a child tucked among the rocks.SchiehallionThe owners' pick of the Munros, for a first or a thirtieth.7 miles9 min by road
  4. Rannoch Station Tearoom, PerthshireStation TearoomFresh cakes and scones after a long walk, at one of Scotland's most remote stations. Try the banoffee cake.14 miles18 min by road
  5. Loch Laidon, LochaberLoch LaidonThe owners' walk from Rannoch Station, down to the beach at the loch, before cake at the tearoom.14 miles20 min by road
  6. Moor of Rannoch Restaurant & Rooms, PerthshireMoor of RannochFine dining in a majestic spot, the menu changing every day. Book, and ask the owners if you need a taxi there.14 miles18 min by road
  7. The House of Bruar, PerthshireThe House of BruarBack on the A9, with a food hall the owners recommend for treats.18 miles25 min by road
  8. Ivy-covered Blair Athol Distillery building with red doors and a curved wooden sculpture in the courtyardBlair AtholThe owners' pick for a distillery tour, in Pitlochry, with Dewar's at Aberfeldy the other way.25 miles37 min by road
Directions
Loch, PerthshirePerthshireLochSleeps 2 · A step away
Kin, PerthshirePerthshireKinSleeps 2 · A step away
Carie Forest Walks, PerthshireAttractionsCarie Forest WalksA step away
A landscape view of daisies and broom above the stony bay, with waves rolling in and white houses among trees on the far shore.AttractionsLoch Rannoch2.6 miles
A broad head-on view of the skyspace steps climbing to the doorway under the concrete canopy, with heather on the walls' tops.AttractionsCraiganour Skyspace3.1 miles over the water
The Shed Gallery, PerthshireAttractionsThe Shed Gallery3.4 miles
Kinloch Rannoch, PitlochryAttractionsKinloch Rannoch3.4 miles
A stone steading with a slated roof and an arched green door stands beside a gravel courtyard, daffodils growing at its base.PerthshireWest Tempar BothySleeps 2 · 4.5 miles
A white harled house with a slated roof sits among woodland below a hill, a track winding up to it through fields.PerthshireLassintullich HouseSleeps 16 · 4.5 miles
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