Waterfalls in the Trossachs

Bracklinn Falls

Above Callander to the east, a series of dramatic falls plunge the Keltie Water into a deep gorge lined by giant slabs of rock. Reached by a pleasant woodland walk starting in town or from two small car parks to an iconic bridge built in 2013 to replace the one washed away by floods. Extend the walk into a longer loop up the wooded glen to Scout’s Pool returning by a quiet farm road.

Falls of Leny

The dramatic Pass of Leny is one of the great gateways to the Highlands. Through this narrow pass, just north of Callander, the Falls of Leny cascade over huge rocks towards the Lowlands. The falls are most safely viewed from the western side from the National Cycle Network Route 7, a short distance from the Ben Ledi car park, but there are plans to reopen the historic view from the other side with a bridge above the falls.

Little Fawn Waterfall

A magical waterfall close to Aberfoyle in the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, surrounded by woods, yet easily accessed on a short walk from the Lodge Visitor Centre. Follow the way-marked Little Fawn Trail that can be extended to explore more of the forest and a scenic viewpoint back across Aberfoyle.

Arklet Falls, Inversnaid

The dramatic waterfalls at Inversnaid on the Arklet Burn as it drops into Loch Lomond are close to Inversnaid Hotel. They can be viewed from the car park and pier or at closer quarters from bridges above them on the West Highland Way, reached by steep steps behind the hotel. Gerald Manley Hopkins wrote of the falls in Inversnaid, “What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.”