Bracklinn Falls

Bracklinn Falls sits a short walk north-east of Callander, where the Keltie Water crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, the geological line separating the Lowlands from the Highlands, and drops through a rocky gorge in a series of falls. A footbridge crosses the gorge just below the falls, giving a view down into the water from above; the current bridge, a metal structure, opened in 2023, after its award-winning wooden predecessor was condemned as unsafe and an earlier steel bridge was destroyed by flooding in 2004, a reminder that this is a powerful stretch of water rather than a gentle burn.

The falls lie inside the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, whose boundary runs along the same fault. The walk out from the car park on the edge of town follows a waymarked woodland path, easy underfoot for almost its whole length, with only a gentle climb as it nears the gorge. The round trip is commonly reckoned at a couple of hours at an easy pace, though it can be done faster, and the distance involved is modest.

This is the walk to recommend to anyone based in Callander who wants a short, low-effort outing rather than a hill day: it needs no particular fitness or specialist footwear, and the falls are a good return for very little walking. It’s less satisfying after a dry spell, when the falls carry a fraction of their usual flow, though the gorge and bridge are worth seeing regardless of water level. It suits a first afternoon in Callander, an hour between weather, and anyone walking with somebody who is not walking far. This is not a walk for anyone wanting height or a summit, and it will not fill a day. Ben A’an is twenty minutes west and gives 357m of ascent and a Trossachs view for about two hours.