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Argyll Forest Park


(Average user rating: 5 Stars 5/5)

About Argyll Forest Park

This magnificent stretch of rugged hill country was established in 1935, as the first Forest Park for public use in Britain. Many visitors who have come to know the Argyll Forest Park, its mountains, glens, lochs and woodlands, claim that it is also the ‘finest of them all’.

How to get there:

Dunoon is the nearest town or village.

There are two equally appealing approaches to the Forest Park from Glasgow.

Follow the M8 to Gourock or Greenock and take the ferry (see ferry links in the right hand column), or take the A82 along the western shore of Loch Lomond through Tarbet, entering the Park at Arrochar.

OS Grid Reference: NS108976
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com

Places to go in Argyll Forest Park

Loch Goil
Ardgartan
Arrochar
Tarbet
Benmore
Glenbranter Forest
Loch Eck
Ardentinny and Glenfinnart
Glen Croe
Kilmun Aboretum

Other places to go in this area

What's on in Argyll Forest Park

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Facilities:

ParkingToiletsInformationVisitor CentreForest ShopOther FacilitiesEasy AccessRefreshments

Activities:

WalkingCyclingForest DriveEducationalFishingCampingBarbecuePicnicPlay AreaWildlife ActivitiesArboretumHorse RidingWatersportsOrienteering

Contact

Recreation Team
Cowal & Trossachs
01877 382383
e-mail: cowal&trossachs@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

User Comments

Name: Family Grevstad-Nordbrock (5 Stars)
18/Jun/2009
Just lovely, and accessible to family members young and old! Keep up the good land use!!!

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