Location

Nursery Cottage House plot lies to the east of the River Tay on the Bridge Road within the historic
and popular town of Dunkeld. It is within walking distance of beautiful walks at Inver.

Dunkeld provides most local amenities such as quality food shops offering delicatessen, butchers, fruit and vegetables, grocery and salmon smokehouse, banks and a chemist amongst other facilities. There is a gym, beauty therapy centre and spa at the Hilton Dunkeld House Hotel, along with other leisure activities. The Birnam Arts and Conference centre (1 mile) is a popular venue for music, theatre, comedy and dance along with monthly art exhibitions and for those keen on the theatre, the renown Pitlochry Festival Theatre is only 15 miles to the north with a seasonal programme of shows. Perth (15 miles) has a more comprehensive range of businesses and high street shops. There are various art galleries, a new concert hall and a racecourse.

For local schooling, the Royal Dunkeld primary school has an excellent reputation and there are buses to Breadalbane Academy in Aberfeldy for secondary education with a wider selection of schools in Perth. For private schooling there are several schools in Perthshire including Craigclowan, Kilgraston, Strathallan and Glenalmond College.

Dunkeld is approximately 1 hour drive from both Edinburgh and Glasgow airports. The main line train station is next to Birnam with regular services to Inverness and London. With its relative close proximity to the A9, there are excellent road links to the North and South.

Strath Tay, the Sma’ Glen, and Strath Ardle have some of Scotland’s most spectacular low ground and hill walking. Locally there are an abundance of woodland paths and cycle routes through Inver, Craigvinean Forest to the west of Dunkeld and there are additional scenic walks through Inver and along the River Tay. For keen bird watchers there is the bird sanctuary at Loch of Lowes which is only
about a mile from Dunkeld.

Within 1½ miles of the new house is Dunkeld golf course, with a further range of courses nearby including the 18-hole courses at Pitlochry and Perth, the championship course at Rosemount (Blairgowrie) and the world famous courses at Gleneagles which
are only 33 miles to the south. There is a variety of water sport activities on the Lochs Tay and Tummel.

Perthshire is also renowned for its opportunities for country sports including pheasant and grouse shooting which are available to let locally, and there is the shooting school at Dunkeld. There is salmon and sea trout fishing available on the River Tay system, on the Almond, the Ericht, the Islay, the Tummel and the Tilt.