Cultybraggan Camp

Self Catering

what’s to do

what’s to see

what’s to enjoy

Short breaks

Holidays

Group visits

Phase One 2016-2017 Development Aims

The Hill Ground

Model Development

Phase Two 2018-2025 Development Aspirations

Cultybraggan Camp – The Hill Ground

Festivals and Events

Sports and Activities

Shop and Eat Out Local

West Strathearn – Winter Playground

Walking Holidays

Wildlife

Exploring Breadalbane

The Heritage Trail

Cultybraggan Camp

Self Catering for singles, partners, families and groups

Phase One: 2016 - 2017

Self-Catering Development

Museum 1. of military memorabilia

Escape Tunnel entrance exhibit

Remembrance Garden

Hillground (paths & planting)

Electricity, water connections

Digital connections (Wi-Fi)

Sewage, Roads, Signage

Phase One Activity: 2016 - 2017

Smart-phone tour app. with heritage

interpretation material completed.

Storyboards: 10 boards across camp to

supplement self-guided heritage trail.

Geophysics exploration to identify

location of 3 escape tunnels, with

volunteer participation in the digs.

Hands on History school group

programme underway with educational

materials and workshops.

Open Days Programme established.

Cultybraggan Camp – Phase One – Development Aims – 2016 - 2017

Cultybraggan Camp – The Hill Ground

woodland development and activities – for learning and enjoyment

Cultybraggan Camp

Model Development

Local primary school children to work with a Glasgow

based 3D printing company to create a model of the

camp as it would have existed in the 1940s

Phase Two: 2016 - 2018

Complementary Developments:

Hillground (paths & activities)

Recreational facilities at Camp

Event space and support services

Short course range in education suite

Sports resources expanded

Retail-Shopping facilities

Entrance reception arrangements

Toilet improvements

Traffic management delivered

Cultybraggan Camp – Phase Two – Development Aspirations – 2018 - 2025

Museum 2. Military

Memorabilia

Cultybraggan Self-Catering

Timing Your Visit through Comrie and Strathearn Festivals and Events

January The Flambeaux - the famous Hogmanay parade of flaming torches, Comrie Pipe Band, floats - fancy dress and fireworks

February Winter walking in the Glens around Comrie and across Strathearn

March Comrie Film Festival - in 2016 featuring Charlie Chaplin silent movie with special piano accompaniment

April Spring arrival - the Millennium Walk from Comrie along the river Lednock

May VE Day - Victory in Europe celebrations in the village and at Cultybraggan Camp

Ring of Breadalbane Explorer Bus - season begins

June Strathearn Marathon from Cultybraggan Camp along beautiful Glen Artney and return

Cream of the Croft Mountain Bike Festival also with music and fun events

July Comrie Fortnight - annual two-week gala programme of events including pram derby, open gardens afternoon; water-sports

August Comrie Fortnight - 2nd week with hill race; fiddlers' rally; art exhibition; bicycle parade, pet show, massive float parade

Village in Bloom Competition – village displays by award winning Comrie in Colour from their base at Cultybraggan Camp

Crieff Highland Gathering – Highland dancing, tossing the caber, piping competition, sports events

Comrie Horticultural Show – formal and colourful display arrangements – children’s competitions

Crieff Arts Festival - paintings, sculptures, photography and crafts, flower festival, stories from travellers, music

September Perthshire OPEN Studios – annual nine day event – with many venues in and around Comrie

Doors Open Day - Cultybraggan Camp & Earthquake House (modernised and fully functioning – tremors from Indonesia)

October Crieff & Strathearn Drovers' Tryst - week-long festival - guided walks in stunning scenery and autumn colours of Strathearn

The Hairy Coo – BTC MTB Event with mountain biking competitions for all age groups including ‘The Bairns Race’

Apple Day - and weekend activities in the Cultybraggan Camp orchard – preparing and pressing and juicing

November Comrie autumn fireworks – Blast in the Park - with fast foods to eat and a huge bonfire to keep warm

December Christmas events including Community Carols Evenings and Outdoor Nativity at Auchingarrich Wildlife Park with live animals

Festivals and Events

Comrie Golf Club has been voted

as one of the finest nine-holes in

the UK - stunning views –

welcomes visitors.

Loch Earn watersports

River Earn and river

Ruchill fishing for brown

trout and rainbow trout -

permits from Comrie

Angling Club

Comrie Youth Extreme Sports (CYES) Skate Park

15 walking and cycle routes in West Strathearn –

8 are in the Comrie area

Archery at Auchingarrich

Comrie Croft Bikes – junior and senior

graded mountain bike trails and walks

Action Glen, Crieff Hydro adventure centre with over 30

activities to choose from including Segway trekking, Aloft!

tree top adventure, quad biking, watersports and - for

youngsters mini quads to zip lines

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The Phys Mill Gym, Cultybraggan Camp

Do It Outdoors - Shelter Building, Making

Natural Chord, Knife Projects, Fire lighting,

Tracking, Navigation, Trapping at Auchingarrich

Wildlife Centre,

Mosaic making courses, including 3-D, Bennybeg, near Crieff

Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre, over 70 kinds

of animals and birds, hatchery, indoor soft play,

indoor play-barn, pony rides

Sports and Activities

Strathearn Recreational Centre sports and leisure facilities, Crieff

White Church Community Centre - a venue for music gigs, parties and weddings

Campbell's Bakery - Established in 1830, the oldest independent family run craft bakery in Scotland

Hansen's Kitchen - friendly, family owned deli, cafe and grocery store

Deil's Cauldron in Comrie - wonderful dining experience in an 18th Century Cottage

Senses Spa

Comrie Café, Tullybanocher Café, The Royal Hotel, Comrie Hotel, Comrie Fish & Chip Shop

Jenny’s Place Garden & Gifts situated within the Grounds of Auchingarrich Wildlife Park

Comrie's House of Tartan -'the Home of the World's first Tartan data-base', design, registration and weaving of tartan materials

Wilde Thyme (Based at Cultybraggan Camp) – caterers at nearby Glenturret , withTaste Our Best Award

Curiosities (Gift Shop)

Urquhart Glass and Art Studio

Comrie Butchers The Fruit Shop

Drummond Street, Comrie

Shop and Eat Out Local

The Charity Shop

The Pharmacy

Comrie Post Office

Hardware store

RBS

Antique Shop

Spar and Costcutters

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West Strathearn – Winter Playground

festive period festivities – winter walks and climbing – indoor arts and culture – times to learn and take it easy

Many Munros and Corbetts within easy driving distance including those of the renowned Crianlarich and Glencoe areas

The local Munros - Ben Vorlich, Stuc a Chroin and Ben Chonzie

Glen Lednock Walk from Comrie centre via the spectacular “Deils Cauldron” waterfall and pool

Lednock Millennium Footpath - suitable for all walkers including people in wheelchairs or with chidren in buggies - passes by the storyteller's chair

The Three Saints Way as it passes from St Fillans to Crieff through Comrie on its way from St Andrews to Oban

Six other local walks on rights of way

Walking Holidays

Wildlife Deer Beavers Otters Kingfishers Red Squirrels

Black Grouse

Red Kites

Wildlife from a morning, afternoon or evening walk from Cultybraggan Camp

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Daily pickups and drop-offs with the Breadalbane Explorer bus by Cultybraggan Camp

Highland Safaris

winner of the `best visitor experience` in Scotland

Thistle Award

Hop-on / hop-off service that will

let you explore this stunning

area while leaving the car

behind

Loch Tay & Ben Lawers

Loch Earn

Exploring Breadalbane

Dundee – one hour

Stirling – half an hour

Glasgow – one hour

Edinburgh – one hour

Oban – 1.5 hours

Drummond Castle and Gardens

The Famous Grouse Experience

The Library of Innerpeffray

Scotland's oldest distillery -

regular distillery tours, Crieff

Scotland's oldest free public

lending library, founded in 1680

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Caithness Glass

making studio and

visitor shop, Crieff

Iron Age loch-dwelling, exhibits, guided

tours & hands-on ancient crafts

The Heritage Trail

Rob Roy's Grave,

Balquhidder Churchyard

Loch Tay Crannog Centre

Comrie Library

Menzies Castle

16th century castle,

near Aberfeldy

Cultybraggan Camp Self Catering

so much to see

so much to do

so much to enjoy