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Crieff & Strathearn Tourist information

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Visitor attractions

The Famous Grouse Experience
Visit The Famous Grouse Experience at Scotland’s Oldest Distillery and enjoy a day out like no other. You’ll feel a million miles from the hustle and bustle of everyday life as you relax by the Glenturret Burn in the heart of scenic Perthshire countryside. There’s regular distillery tours, a shop, restaurant, bar, play park, picnic tables and scenic walks - gosh! It’s a whole day out! We look forward to welcoming you to Scotland’s Oldest Distillery with Scotland’s favourite whisky in the very near future.

Glenturret Distillery, The Hosh, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 4HA
Tel:01764 656565
Book your tour of The Famous Grouse Experience at www.thefamousgrouse.com
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Crieff Visitor Centre
Restaurant, open throughout the day and a good shop. Garden Centre next door will tempt both novice and experienced gardeners.

Tel: 01764 654014
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Drummond Castle Gardens
Tel: 01764 681257/681433
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Innerpeffray Library
The fascinating book collection, housed in a handsome 18th-century, special purpose building, is of great significance as a unique fragment of Scotland's social and intellectual history.

Tel: 01764 652819
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Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre, Comrie
Open from Easter to October every day from 10am until dusk. Set in 100 acres of beautiful Perthshire hills, with a wide variety of animals, and a unique wild bird hatchery. Play areas, coffee & gift shop.
Tel: 01764 679469

The Macrosty Park
Macrosty Park is set in a beautiful and parkland setting and is ideal for a low-energy amble. It also has two play areas, one a traditional swing park, the other more of an adventure park.

Muthill Golf Club
An undulating 9-hole parkland course, with narrow fairways, small well bunkered greens and picturesque views of Strathearn and the Grampians

Telephone: 681523.
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St Fillan’s Golf Club
At this nine hole course each hole is very challenging and a combination of course design, superb green keeping and breathtaking scenery keep players on the course as long as possible.

Telephone: 01764 685312
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Crieff Golf Club & David Murchie, the Professional
Golf is a game of contrasts and emotions. A great round gives you a real buzz; a complete disaster leaves you miserable. Visit David Murchie at Crieff Golf Club Pro Shop for advice on equipment and technique. Be more consistent. Have more GGDs (good golf days).

Tel:01764 652909
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Retail Therapy

McNees Delicatessen
Crieff's deli has a wonderful selection of international ingredients, either to eat whilst in the Crieff and Strathearn area (cheeses, salamis, olives, chocolates.) or to take away as presents (hampers, boxes of tempting sweets etc). McNees aim is to bring you fine foods sourced from farmhouses and small family businesses that take great care of their produce. Freshly baked croissants and pastries to take along with you on your walk.

Tel: 01764 654582
Email: Crieff Deli Web: www.mcneesofcrieff.co.uk

Frank Thomson At Frank Thompson's we cater for all levels of walking, be it lowland paths, treks and trails to the high mountains including the Munros. We have a selection of footware for all levels of walking from merrell, Meindl and Demon. Waterproof jackets and trousers from Berghaus, Sprayware and Wynnster. We can also supply walking poles, socks, water bottles, hats, gloves, maps, compasses, thermos flasks and more.

Tel: 01764 652255
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Strathearn Gallery The Strathearn Gallery is a contemporary art gallery exhibiting a wide selection of paintings, prints and sculpture together with ceramics, glass, furniture, wood, jewellery, silversmithing and metalwork of the highest quality. Regularly changing exhibitions of work by professional artists and craftspeople based in Scotland can be viewed on-line.

Telephone 01764 656100
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View the exhibition online: www.strathearn-gallery.com

Highland Heathers and Plant Centre
Family run wholesale and retail heather nursery and plant centre offering a large selection of trees, shrubs, alpines, heathers, bark, composts, fertilizers and garden centre sundries. Art gallery and luxury holiday accommodation due to open at Easter 2005

Tel: 01764 670440
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Irving Geddes W.S,
Specialising in Private Client and Property work, our focused approach allows us to provide prompt, high quality advice, tailored to our clients' specific individual needs. We deliver often complex legal advice in a straight-forward manner, so that our clients can make well-informed decisions on the matters most important to them.

Tel 01764 653 771


Carnelian Crafts
A wonderful gift shop and glass studio to peruse at your leisure, selling a wide selection of beautiful handcrafted goods. Watch stained and fused glass jewellery being made

Tel: 01764 650059

Gordon & Durward
Delicious Scottish traditional confectionery, much of which is made on the premises, to provide the energy boost needed on the walks! Located on West High Street.
For more information

contact: Graham Donaldson on 01764 653800
web: www.scottishsweets.co.uk

Houseproud, Perth Road, Crieff

Tel: 01764 652999

Valentines, West High Street, Crieff
Great selection of gent's and ladies wear.

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Tourist and Visitor Information
A great resource of tourist infromation about this stunning and unspoilt area of Scotland can be found at Stop by Scotland, Perthshire Scotland or Crieff and Strathearn sites or visit:
The Crieff Tourist Information Centre, High Street, Crieff PH7 3HU.
Telephone: 01764 652578
Fax: 01764 655422

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