Ardcastle

Please note that due to recent storm damage all trails are closed at Ardcastle. We will notify you as soon as we can when they are to re-open. Sorry for the inconvenience (as at January 2012).

Please note that there are currently timber lorries in the forest and care should be taken at all times. Thank you for your co-operation.

A great forest with fantastic walks and fine views.

A woodland set between the A83 and the shores of Loch Fyne, Ardcastle offers walks to suit all. The Forestry Commission first planted Ardcastle with trees in 1938.

Today Ardcastle is a mixed conifer woodland where many areas of the original plantings have been felled and replanted, this has made Ardcastle a varied and interesting woodland.

There are a number of sites in the wood of archaeological and wildlife interest such as St Brides Chapel and the graveyard by the shores of Loch Gair or the old sand quarry where many butterflies can be found.