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Loch Earn Railway - Lochearnhead to St Fillans Walk

7.1 miles (11.5 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This walk follows the old route of the Perth to Lochearnhead railway from Lochearnhead to St Fillans.
It's a pleasant walk along a grassy path, passing the remains of old railway bridges and embankments on the way. The route runs for just over 7 miles and includes peaceful woodland sections through Derry Wood and Glentarken Wood. There's also some nice views of the surrounding hills and the beautiful Loch Earn, especially towards the end of the walk. In St Fillans you can explore a set of very well preserved railway station buildings too.
You can extend your exercise on the St Fillans to Comrie Railway Walk. This continues east to Dalchonzie and Comrie along the old line.

Lochearnhead to St Fillans Railway OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Lochearnhead to St Fillans Railway Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

In nearby Comrie you can visit the splendid Deil's Cauldron. Here you'll find a cascading waterfall and several pools resembling a boiling cauldron.

Photos

Route of dismantled railway - geograph.org.uk - 3712425

Route of dismantled railway

Old route of the Perth to Lochearnhead railway - geograph.org.uk - 3712427

Old route of the Perth to Lochearnhead railway

Trains no longer run along here^ - geograph.org.uk - 3712429

Trains no longer run along here

Concrete Railway Viaduct - geograph.org.uk - 945319

Concrete Railway Viaduct. On the dismantled St Fillans to Lochearnhead railway. Concrete was a novel material for railway bridges in the 1890's when this was built, and the concrete is finished to look like stone.

Embankment of dismantled railway at Glenbeich - geograph.org.uk - 3238374

Embankment of dismantled railway at Glenbeich

Derry Wood Loch Earnside - geograph.org.uk - 2415110

Derry Wood Loch Earnside

New Footbridge over the Glentarken Burn - geograph.org.uk - 4367533

New Footbridge over the Glentarken Burn

Down to the loch - geograph.org.uk - 2430260

Down to the loch

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

Lochearnhead to St Fillans Railway.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)