Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Perth's compact
centre
occupies a small patch on the west bank of the River Tay,
flanked by two large areas of green parkland, known as the North and South Inch. he
city's main shopping areas are
High Street
and
South Street
, as well as St John's
shopping centre on King Edward Street. Opposite the entrance to the centre is the
imposing
City Hall
, used by Scotland's politicians for party conferences. Perth is at its
most attractive along
Tay Street
, with a succession of increasingly grand buildings along
one side and the attractively landscaped riverside embankment on the other.
Brief history
During the reign of James I, Parliament met in Perth on several occasions, but its glory
was short-lived: the king was murdered in the town's Dominican priory in 1437 by Sir
Robert Graham, who was captured in the Highlands and tortured to death in Stirling.
In May 1559, during the Reformation, John Knox preached a rousing sermon in St
John's Kirk, which led to the destruction (by those Knox later condemned as “the rascal
multitude”) of the town's four monasteries - an event that quickened the pace of
reform in Scotland. Despite decline in the seventeenth century, the community
expanded in the eighteenth century and has prospered ever since; today the whisky and
insurance trades employ significant numbers.
Aviemore, Kingussie & Newtonmore
Dalwhinnie
PERTHSHIRE
N
GRAMPIAN
MOUNTAINS
0
10
Ben Alder
(3765ft)
miles
HIGHLAND
REGION
HIGHLIGHTS
The Fergusson Gallery
Folk music
Blair Castle
Schiehallion
Rannoch Moor
Loch
Ossian
Blair
Castle
Loch
Errochty
Ben Vrackie
(2733ft)
Corrour
Station
RANNOCH
FOREST
Blair Atholl
h
Kinloch
Rannoch
Pass of
Killiecrankie
ch T
Edradour
Distillery
Rannoch
Station
Pitlochry
an
Schiehallion
(3553ft)
Ballinluig
Castle
Menzies
Bridge
of Balgie
Keltneyburn
Dewar's
World of Whisky
RANNOCH MOOR
Aberfeldy
Kenmore
yo
n
Loch
of the
Lowes
Blairgowrie
Fortingall
The
Hermitage
Ben
Lawers
(3984ft)
Loch Lyon
Caputh
Dunkeld
and Birnam
o ch
Killin
PERTHSHIRE
Scone Palace
Glenturret Distillery
(Famous Grouse
Experience)
BenMore
(3852ft)
St Fillans
Crianlarich
Lochearnhead
A85
Comrie
Perth
L
Crief
Innerpefray
Library
Balquhidder
Drummond
Castle Gardens
Ben Vorlich
(3201ft)
Newburgh
Muthill
Loch
Lubnaig
Dunning
Auchtermuchty
Stronachlachar
Auchterarder
Ben Ledi
(2857ft)
a
Callander
Falkland
Gleneagles
The Trossachs
Blackford
8
Kinross
Ben Lomond
(3192ft)
Loch Leven
Castle
Doune
Lake of
Menteith
Dunblane
Aberfoyle
Stirling (5 miles)
Dunfermline (8 miles) & Edinburgh (20 miles)
