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The round dining room of the Wandering Bear under its spoked timber roof.
Angus

The Wandering Bear Cafe

A cafe, lodge and farm shop by Loch of Lintrathen in the Angus glens, run by Lauren and Calum and their family. It was once the Wee Bear.

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Welcome

In the rolling hills of the Angus glens, by Loch of Lintrathen, the Wandering Bear is a family business run by Lauren and Calum, with a good deal of help from their two young children.

What was once the Wee Bear has grown into a cafe, a farm shop and a lodge.

The cafe sits in a round dining room under a spoked timber roof, with windows onto the countryside. The counter is laden with home baking, cakes, scones and traybakes, and there are coffees, soups and light lunches, while the farm shop stocks local produce, artisan goods and everyday things for anyone staying in the glens.

The cafe opens from Thursday to Monday, on the way up Glen Isla or round the loch. The Lodge at Lochside is somewhere to stay.

A short drive awayPeel FarmA family farm with a coffee shop and its own beef.3 min by roadSee itFarm café with beamed ceiling, mismatched chairs and cakes under glass domes
Before you go

Open Thursday to Monday.

Where
By Loch of Lintrathen, near Kirriemuir DD8 5JH.
Telephone
01575 560427.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–4pm
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
10am–4pm
Friday
10am–4pm
Saturday
10am–4pm
Sunday
10am–4pm
Where it is

By Loch of Lintrathen in the Angus glens, west of Kirriemuir.

Close byThe Angus glens.
  1. The Reekie Linn pouring white into its gorge among autumn trees.Reekie LinnThe smoky waterfall on the River Isla nearby.2 miles5 min by road
  2. The Alyth Burn running through the town between stone walls.Alyth7 miles13 min by road
  3. The Alyth Burn rushing over stones between autumn beeches in the Den o' Alyth.Den o' AlythA wooded glen on both sides of the Alyth Burn on the edge of Alyth, with paths under beech, oak, ash and alder along the water.7 miles14 min by road
  4. Red box of assorted sweets from Star Rock Shop, including humbugs, tablet and candy canesThe Star Rock Shop8 miles14 min by road
  5. A verdigris statue overlooks a walled garden and sandstone houseJ.M. Barrie's BirthplaceThe cottage where the author of Peter Pan was born.8 miles14 min by road
Directions
Farm café with beamed ceiling, mismatched chairs and cakes under glass domesCafePeel Farm1.4 miles
Nàdair, AngusAngusNàdairSleeps 6 · 2.2 miles
Uniforms and helmets along a corridor in the Tayside Police Museum.AttractionsTayside Police Museum7.6 miles
Ruined stone gable with empty windows beside a glass-cased Pictish cross-slabAttractionsThe Eassie Stone7.9 miles
The great carved cross-slab standing in the hall of the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum.AttractionsMeigle Pictish Stones9.5 miles
Turreted castle at the end of a tree-lined driveway with flag flyingAttractionsGlamis Castle12 miles
AttractionsBlairgowrie12 miles
Cargill’s Leap, PerthshireAttractionsCargill’s Leap12 miles
The red door of Glamis Gallery among the ivy of the old cottages.ShoppingGlamis Gallery12 miles
Stay nearby

Places to stay near the cafe, and when each is next free.

Nàdair, AngusNàdair
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Angus
  • 2 miles from the Wandering Bear
Free 4–6 DecThe whole of Larch House across its meadow: the larch-clad gable and long roof with roof lights, the lower wing beside it, a ring of river stones in the grass and oaks behind.Larch House
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Blairgowrie
  • 10 miles from the Wandering Bear
Check datesA stone cottage with a green door and three chimneys sits behind a lawn bordered by shrubs and flowerbeds.Fairygreen Cottage
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Angus
  • 14 miles from the Wandering Bear
Check datesAn aerial view shows a black timber cabin with a pitched roof set on a deck in an open field, a bath and seating area visible outside.The Cabin at Fairygreen
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Angus
  • 15 miles from the Wandering Bear
Check datesPlaces to stayEvery stay in AngusAll our places to stay nearby, to search by date and by who is coming.See them all
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