Bridge of Earn - Adaptive route
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Bridge of Earn - Adaptive route

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Overview

Distance
15.2 km
Duration
1hrs
Total Ascent
207 m
Difficulty
Easy

Route Details

Services: Bridge of Earn
OS Grid Ref: NO129182
OS Landranger Map: 58
Terrain: Quiet roads, farms tracks and some muddier narrow track
Facilities: Bridge of Earn has disabled toilets in the Bridge of Earn Institute - which also has disabled parking plus there is plenty of parking in the park opposite. The Earn coffee shop also has disabled toilets and plenty of parking but there is no dropped kerb from the road to the cycle path at this point.
Key Points:
  • Visit a ruined windmill and cycle along the base of the Ochils
  • Can easily be extended by coming from Perth City on the NCN Route 775 to Bridge of Earn.
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Route Description

Adaptive gravel routes have been ridden and audited by Adaptive Riders Collective. Perthshire Gravel supplies maps, GPX data, a description of the trails and images of any obstacles so that riders can make their own decision of route suitability for their equipment and ability.
Please also be aware of how weather can affect trail conditions.

Adaptive routes are more likely to be suited to less-skilled riders, families towing cycles or trailers, riders of tricycles, or riders unable to manage lifting cycles over gates or fences. Whilst every endeavour is made to clearly describe routes and obstacles, Perthshire Gravel does not control or regularly review routes and therefore makes no guarantee of accessibility.

Starting from the Institute, head away from the village and over the railway bridge. As the road bares left go straight on to the farm track. Follow this track past some buildings. As it turns a sharp left alongside a walled garden, look out for the red deer in the next field on your right! Continue along this track and follow it to the right.

photo of a gravel track with woods on one side and fields on the other with views of the hills in the distance
Riding just beyond the deer on the right

At the T-junction go straight on to the narrow path between the fields. A little bit of care is needed on this path due to a slight slope to the right in places. It can become a bit overgrown but is always passable.

photo showing a narrow path between two hedges
The path goes straight on between the two hedges

This path winds its way to the wood where you will pass Dunbarney House Windmill. A vaulted tower mill dating to the early 18th century, it is a scheduled monument and Category B listed building.Continue out of the wood through the gate.

photo showing a bike against a gate leading out of the wood with views of the countryside behind.
The gate out of the wood

Turn right onto the road and follow this until you go down a hill and through a farmyard. Please take care in the farmyard for moving vehicles or loose animals.

photo of a road turning to the left with far reaching views over hills in the background
Views of Kirkton Hill in the background

Continue right and follow the main road - winding through the countryside - all the way to Forgandenny. At the main road turn left and follow the road up the hill past Strathallan School. Just at the top of the hill - opposite Bonthrone Security Services, turn right (with car due to the oncoming traffic over the brow of the hill) onto a farm track between houses.

Follow this track, winding towards the Ochils and through a working farm. Please be aware of any farm vehicles or loose animals on the farm. The track dips down and back up again then takes a left turn to follow alongside the bottom of the hills. The waymarked route takes you through a field on a good farm track but if the gates are shut and you prefer not to do them, then simply continue the gravel track all the way pas some houses to a farmyard where the waymarked route comes out. Continue on this track/drive until you come to a road junction.

Go straight on at this point and up hill. As the road bare right take a shape left - round a gate- onto a farm track than heads back down the hill. Follow this track all the way down to meet a road. Turn right on the road, that follows round to the left and meets up to a main road T-junction. Turn right and retrace your route over the railway bridge and back to the institute.

*Watch this space for an extension to this route over Moncrieff Hill. We are working with Scottish Woodland Trust to ensure that this route is adaptive cycle friendly and the work should be done in early 2025.

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