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Yellow and red pedalos are moored at a wooden jetty on a calm loch beneath wooded hills.
Perthshire

Pitlochry Boating Station & Adventure Hire

A family-run boating station and lochside cafe on Loch Faskally, hiring rowing boats, pedalos, kayaks, paddle boards and bikes.

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On the wooded shore of Loch Faskally, a short way north of Pitlochry, a dark log cabin sits under tall pines above a wooden jetty, where yellow pedalos and red rowing boats bob side by side on the still water.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

It is the Pitlochry Boating Station, a family-run business.

The choice is wide: rowing boats and pedalos, boats with outboard motors, ocean kayaks and stand-up paddle boards, with buoyancy aids included, and mountain bikes and electric bikes for the forest trails. Anglers can buy permits and hire rods for the loch and the River Garry, and fishing boats go out after salmon, trout and pike.

The Lochside Cafe in the cabin serves home baking, soups and toasties, with seats inside and out looking over the water. The station opens from Wednesday to Sunday in the season.

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Before you go

Open Wednesday to Sunday from nine until five in the season, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays; boats and bikes are hired by the hour.

Where
On the shore of Loch Faskally, just north of Pitlochry.
Telephone
01796 472919.

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Yellow and red pedalos are moored at a wooden jetty on a calm loch beneath wooded hills.
Did you know

Fish in the loch.

Loch Faskally and the River Garry hold salmon, brown trout, pike, perch and grayling.

A log cabin building with a covered porch stands among pine trees beside a path.
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Coffee from Edinburgh.

The cafe's coffee comes from Brodies of Edinburgh.

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Where it is

On the east shore of Loch Faskally, a short way north of Pitlochry.

Close byPitlochry.
  1. Pitlochry Putting GreenPitlochry Putting GreenUnder a mile 2 min by road
  2. Highland Soap Co shopfront with bay window on a stone corner buildingThe Highland Soap CompanyThe Highland Soap Company's Pitlochry shop at 134 Atholl Road, selling soaps, bath and body products and gifts made by hand near Ben Nevis.Under a mile 2 min by road
  3. Hettie's Tea RoomsHettie's Tea RoomsUnder a mile 2 min by road
  4. Pitlochry Dam Visitor CentrePitlochry Dam Visitor CentreThe story of the hydro dams, and the salmon, at the dam.Under a mile 4 min by road
  5. Quiet high street with canopied shopfronts and a red telephone box in the distancePitlochryA Victorian resort town on the Tummel.1 mile 4 min by road
  6. Loch FaskallyLoch FaskallyThe loch made by the Pitlochry dam, ringed by woodland paths.2 miles 4 min by road
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