Callander

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Callander
Scottish Gaelic: Calasraid
Callander shown within Scotland
OS grid reference	NN628079
Constituent country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CALLANDER
Postcode district	FK17
Dialling code	01877
Police
Fire
Ambulance	Scottish
European Parliament	Scotland
List of places: UK • Scotland

Coordinates: 56°14′39″N 4°12′52″W / 56.24403, -4.21446

Callander is a burgh in the region of Stirling, Scotland, on the River Teith. The town is located in the former County of Perthshire, and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands.

The town serves as the eastern gateway to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, the first National Park in Scotland. Due to its location it is often referred to as the “Gateway to the Highlands” ^[1]. The former St. Kessog’s Church is now the Rob Roy Centre, offering tourist information for the area.

Dominating the town to the North are the Callander Crags, a visible part of the Highland Boundary Fault, rising to 343m at the cairn ^[2]. Local walks include Bracklinn Falls, The Meadows, Callander Crags and the Wood Walks ^[3]. The town sits on the Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail ^[4]

Callander railway station opened on 1 June 1870 and closed on 5 November 1965. The former Callander and Oban Railway line is now part of the National Cycle Network (route 7) ^[5] and the Rob Roy Way ^[6].

Callander achieved prominence during the 1960's as the setting "Tannochbrae" in the TV series Dr Finlay's Casebook.

McLaren High School educates pupils aged 12 to 18 from a catchment area extending to Tyndrum and Inversnaid.

1 Annual Festivals
2 Trivia
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Annual Festivals

Callander World Highland Games (26th-27th July 2008) ^[7]
Callander Classic Weekend (Aug 2008) ^[8]
Trossachs Beer Festival (Sep 2008) ^[9]
Callander Jazz & Blues Festival (3rd-5th Oct 2008) ^[10]

[edit] Trivia

The fictional villain Destro from G.I. Joe, a military-themed line of toys from Hasbro, is said to come from Callander, and his family have lived there since at least the 15th Century.
The last person to be tried and imprisoned for the crime of Witchcraft in the UK was Helen Duncan, from Callander, during World War Two.
Track from the dismantled Callander and Oban Railway was used in the construction of the transit system for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City^[11]