Faskally Wood – Loch Dunmore and the Foresters' Trail
About 2.2 miles on foot.
Faskally Wood, just north-west of Pitlochry, is a 19th-century model woodland of big old trees around a small, still loch, with a wooden footbridge across its reedy edge.
Two waymarked trails leave the same car park: an easy, level loop of Loch Dunmore, and a longer one through the trees down to the shore of Loch Faskally. It's a gentle morning, and the short loop suits pushchairs and wheelchairs.
- Time
- Half an hour for the Dunmore Trail, 1.2 km round Loch Dunmore; an hour for the Foresters' Trail, 2.4 km to Loch Faskally. A stroll or an easy walk.
- The path
- The Dunmore Trail is firm, mostly smooth gravel with short slopes, made for pushchairs and wheelchairs; the Foresters' Trail has roots, wooden steps and steep slopes.
- Where to start
- Forestry and Land Scotland's Faskally car park, off the B8019 (PH16 5JZ): £1 for an hour, £3 for the day, coins, card or RingGo; free with a Blue Badge.
- When to go
- All year in daylight. Until 8 November 2026 the car parks shut from 4pm to 11pm for the Enchanted Forest, and some paths may be closed or diverted: come in the morning.
- Dogs
- On a lead by the lochs and near other visitors.
- Children
- The Dunmore Trail is short and level; keep children close by the water.
- Toilets
- Toilets, accessible ones too, by the car park.
The walk
The walk starts at Forestry and Land Scotland's Faskally car park, off the B8019 north-west of Pitlochry (nearest postcode PH16 5JZ). Parking is £1 for an hour or £3 for the day, by coins, card or RingGo, and free with a Blue Badge. There are toilets, accessible ones too, and picnic tables.
The Dunmore Trail is a 1.2 km circuit of Loch Dunmore on firm, mostly smooth gravel with a few short slopes, about half an hour: the one for a pushchair or a wheelchair. The Foresters' Trail is 2.4 km, about an hour, on rougher gravel and earth with roots, flights of wooden steps and some steep slopes, and runs down to the shore of Loch Faskally. The owners of Faskally House laid the wood out in the 19th century, and in the 1950s the young foresters at the school in the house helped to look after it.
Watch for herons, goldeneye and kingfishers on the water, and keep children close by it. Until 8 November the Enchanted Forest light show is set up here: the car parks shut from 4pm to 11pm and some paths may be closed or diverted, so come in the morning and have the car out before four.
If it rains
Most of it is under the trees, and the Dunmore Trail is firm underfoot even in rain.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
The nearest of ours is Milton of Kincraigie in Blair Atholl, 5 miles away. Sleeps 4.
Then Charlottefield, 6 miles away. Sleeps 4.
For further reading, before you go.