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Bridge of Earn / Drochaid Èireann

Perth and Kinross


Slow Ways linking Bridge of Earn and Abernethy, Auchterarder, Milnathort, Perth

Scotland / Perth and Kinross / Bridge of Earn

Bridge of Earn’s four Slow Ways are 69% checked

Drawn: 4/4
reviewed: 4/4
verified: 3/4
and surveyed: 0/4

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Slow Way Route To do
Auchterarder—Bridge of Earn
Aucbri three Review me Distance 24km/15mi Ascent - Descent -
Bridge of Earn—Abernethy
Briabe two Survey me Distance 9km/6mi Ascent - Descent -
Milnathort—Bridge of Earn
Milbri one Survey me Distance 18km/11mi Ascent 323m Descent 429m
Perth—Bridge of Earn
Perbri one Survey me Distance 7km/4mi Ascent 98m Descent 94m
Perth—Bridge of Earn
Perbri two Survey me Distance 13km/8mi Ascent - Descent -

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70% of Bridge of Earn’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

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verified

9 people have contributed to Bridge of Earn’s Slow Ways

3 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Bridge of Earn

71km out of 71km have been walked and reviewed

230km of reviews have been shared in Bridge of Earn

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Other than this it is a great route with a Grade B listed georgian house on route, the opportunity to spot deer and geese, and has expansive views across the Tay Estuary....

Johanna B

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There was no sign of the path in the field below but a gate out of the woods and a gate into the road indicated the route. The minor road up the hill above Abernethy had a fair amount of traffic but it is wide enough to walk safely....

Ann Eve

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It has been mapped to avoid walking alongside the busy A913 but if you were in a rush and not wanting to climb the hill twice for the magnificent view across the Tay to the Sidlaw hills you could follow a direct and quicker route to Abernethy from Aberdargie. All of the route is on quiet roads (walking and cycling friendly), roads with pavements alongside, tracks and footpaths. Leaving the tower and cross in central Abernethy (there is an interesting local museum here), the route follows pavements out of the town and then turns sharply left, just before the main road, up a waymarked track. In Aberdargie the route follows a track alongside a burn and down to some riding stables. The route then follows a permissive path alongside a field to the Wicks o’ Baiglie Road. At the end of the track, the route joins another quiet road (walking and cycling friendly) and follows this into Bridge of Earn where there are shops, a hotel, and a bus service linking this town to Perth and Edinburgh....

Johanna B

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It is a good route, avoiding main roads except for short stretches at Aberargie and Bridge of Earn where it follows pavements. From Abernethy the route uses pavements until the Rough Glen path is reached. The two ascents can be avoided by staying on the footway beside the busy A913 between Aberargie and Abernethy, which would be a shorter but much more boring route. The river is crossed on a wide farm bridge with no parapets, then the route follows a muddy field edge track. Another field edge track, this time signposted at both ends as a path, leads beside the Dron Burn....

F Berry

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Bridge of Earn—Abernethy

F Berry added Briabe two, a new walk from Bridge of Earn to Abernethy

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The start of this walk up Moncrieffe Hill is incredibly steep but great views of the river on the otherside. The walk into Perth is not so lovely - you are met with burnt out cars and warehouses. It is however a straightforward route and gets you into Perth no problem....

May Robson

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We started at the crack of dawn and were serenaded by birds and the thrum of wind turbines....

May Robson

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This is a good walk - the route up Moncrieffe Hill (through the wood) will get your heart pace up - it's steep! Lovely scenes once you get onto the other side and head towards Perth. The final stretch into Perth is very industrial....

Hannah Ustun

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Lots not do-able on bikes - but a great walk....

Hannah Ustun

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The path takes a sharp right out of Bridge of Earn and up through Moncrieff Hill, rather than around it....

Lily

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The walk from Milnathort to Glenfarg large follows a quiet and very walkable road, that goes through a lot of farm land with gentle, rolling hills. You follow the same road out of Glenfarg until veering off onto a farm road to the left, where you shortly hit Lochelbank windfarm....

Lily

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Review of Slow Ways Route Perbri two (Perth to Bridge of Earn). The route leaves Bridge of Earn via the bridge over the River Earn and quickly turns right along Rhynd Road. It therefore comes as a relief when the route turns into the access road for the Moncrieffe Hill Wood. At the T-junction, the route takes the left hand (private) road which passes under the Friarton Bridge towering overhead and eventually leads to an industrial estate at Lower Friarton and then Friarton Road....

wellchoughed

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At the time of walking, this part of the route was closed to road traffic due to extensive building work but open to pedestrians and cyclists. Once past the motorway slip road, the route drops downhill (still following a wide pavement) and passes under several loops of the Friarton Interchange. The remainder of the route is along the pavement beside the Edinburgh Road (now the A912)....

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It then uses a new bridge over the Water of May (old bridge upstream is dangerous) and continues on a farm track through woodlands to exit the estate at a locked gate (easy to climb over). Just east of Forgandenny Primary School the route uses a road (gap beside gate) which is marked as 'No unauthorised access', but 100yds down the path there is a fingerpost indicating a path through recent woodland , then the route crosses through a field – there may be livestock here, or crops, at other times of year, but the path is well trodden. (An easy alternative route would take you on the road which goes to Forgandenny Cottages, and the Freeland Farm access track.). Altogether a good route, only deserving 3 stars due to the considerable amount of road walking, and the locked gate at Invermay....

F Berry

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Auchterarder—Bridge of Earn

F Berry added Aucbri three, a new walk from Auchterarder to Bridge of Earn

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Tarmac paths walking alongside the main Perth road, one hill at Craigend (#50m ascent), but otherwise flat. You walk past the Recycling Centre in Perth and through the Harbour, and whilst interesting once, is not particularly scenic. But the start of the walk is alongside farmed fields, and the end of the walk is alongside the South Inch park and River Tay....

Andy New

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I wouldn't say it's the most direct route, it does 2 quite big diversions up hills and across open country - faster routes exist using "cycling and walking friendly" roads. There are quite a few gates that are hard to open - some held to, with twisted bits of wire - and some stiles that would make it hard for some....

Philip Cooper

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This is an excellent route, being totally on core paths, roads with a 40mph speed limit ('walking & cycling friendly road'), and footways (pavements) within settlements. The route leaves Milnathort along a back street, the Old Perth Road, which it follows over the motorway and uphill as far as Blairnathort; this road is a ' walking & cycling friendly road'. North of Glenfarg the route follows a footway to Paris Bridge, then another 'walking & cycling friendly road' until the ancient Right of Way, the Wallace Road, is gained. From West Dron there are short sections of 'walking & cycling friendly road' linked by a good path past Summerfield Wood....

F Berry

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If a step free route is required between Perth and Bridge of Earn, my suggestion is to use National Cycle Route 775 from the North Inch to Bridge of Earn. This follows PerBri two from Perth, through the North Inch, under the railway and along Craigie Road , continuing to Gleneagles Road and joining the footway beside the A912, which is PerBri one, all the way to Bridge of Earn, The A912 is crossed once, in Craigend, but there is a traffic island so this can be done safely....

F Berry

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The route as a whole would be impossible for wheelers, due to the pedestrian bridge over the railway, however it would be easy enough to take PerBri1 from the centre of Perth then link up with this route as it enters Lower Friarton. It leaves the cycle route on a footpath towards Tesco's, crosses the A912 at traffic lights, and heads down a residential street to cross the railway line at a footbridge (photo). A good track takes the route to the minor road (which loops round to Elcho Castle), but this is rather tedious, being very straight. It passes beneath the M90, then along a footway beside the A912 it's a short distance over the bridge over the River Earn and into Bridge of Earn. Buses between Bridge of Earn and Perth are approximately hourly. There is a café and farm shop at Home Farm 300m north of the junction of the A912 and the road to Elcho, and other facilities in Bridge of Earn....

F Berry

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Perth—Bridge of Earn

F Berry added Perbri two, a new walk from Perth to Bridge of Earn

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Milnathort—Bridge of Earn

F Berry added Milbri one, a new walk from Milnathort to Bridge of Earn

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Perth—Bridge of Earn

Slow Ways added Perbri one, a new walk from Perth to Bridge of Earn

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Bridge of Earn, Wed 12 February

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Bridge of Earn’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

NO1313318392

Lat / Lon

56.34986° / -3.40715°

Easting / Northing

313,133E / 718,392N

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