unrated)About Lairds Walk
The Lairds Walk is a circular route with gentle gradients and a firm surface comprising forest roads and paths. The fields opposite Finart Bay were once a Forestry Commission nursery supplying seedlings for new plantations throughout Scotland.
Along the shoreline there are picnic tables and benches situated in rest points and viewing areas. Leaving the shore, the path leads you through a stand of mixed conifers and onto the forest road, from here you head back towards Ardentinny picnic site passing the burial chamber of Archibald Douglas Esquire, the Laird of Ardentinny, who died in 1860.
See also our pages on forests around Dunoon.
How to get there:
Lairds Walk can be started from Ardentinny Car park in Ardentinny and Glenfinnart which is part of Argyll Forest Park. Dunoon is the nearest town or village.
There are two equally appealing approaches to Ardentinny.
Take the car ferry from Gourock to Dunoon, and follow the A815 then the A880.
Alternately, take the A82 from Glasgow along the western shore of Loch Lomond through Tarbet, entering the Park at Arrochar, follow the A815 at Cairndow, then take the A880 to Ardentinny.
OS Grid Reference: NS188876
For details of public transport visit http://www.travelinescotland.com
Wildlife
Mammals: We have information about Red squirrel, Red deer, Roe deer and Otter
Birds: We have information about Golden eagle
What's on in Argyll Forest Park
July
- Wild Wednesdays - Kid's Summer Nature Club Wednesday 4 July 2012
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Wednesday 25 July 2012 - Wild Wednesdays - Kid's Summer Nature Club Wednesday 4 July 2012
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Wednesday 18 July 2012
Wednesday 25 July 2012
| Ardentinny Car park Facilities. |
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Trail waymarking:
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| Length of trail: 2 miles |
| Approximate time of trail: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Open or closed: open |
| Click here to find out what else you can do in this forest. |
Contact: |
| Recreation Team Cowal & Trossachs 01877 382383 e-mail: cowal&trossachs@forestry.gsi.gov.uk |
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