The walk starts from the railway station by heading under the A9 and into Birnam Village, optionally through the enchanting Beatrix Potter Garden. It then goes down Oak Road, to the banks of the River Tay, before following the Tay and then the Braan, past the Birnam Oak, under the grand Dunkeld Bridge and again under the A9.

The walk follows a road past Inver and then a forest path through to The Hermitage. Just before crossing the bridge to The Hermitage, which is a beautiful and dramatic place, is Britain's tallest tree – a Douglas fir over sixty metres high. The Hermitage itself is perched on cliffs overlooking the Falls of Braan.

The walk continues beside the River Braan, passing a cave, before crossing the Rumbling Bridge, an appropriate name as the bridge shudders as the River Braan thunders far below it. The route then strikes inland, through Strathbraan, up to the high point of the walk at Balhomish Farm, before following a forestry track down to the Inchewan Burn.

Finally, a path beside the burn leads right back to the station and the starting point.

Scotland - Perth & Kinross - Tay Forest Park

View a road map to the starting point of this walk.