to Pitlochry

We look forward to welcoming you to Pitlochry and Highland Perthshire, come and enjoy the magnificent scenery and location, beautiful walks, peaceful woodland trails and the abundance of places to visit, history and culture to share, and visit our community.

We continue to have a thriving busy town centre, lots of local family businesses and retailers. Plenty of places for coffee & cake, a cold drink whilst watching the world go by, ice cream, fish and chips and wonderful restaurants for every occasion.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre celebrates its 75th birthday this year and is the first programme by the new Artistic Director Alan Cumming. To celebrate this birthday, entry to the stunning Explorers Garden will be free all summer, so do take time to visit this Celebration of Plant Collectors and their contributions to our gardens from around the World.

Local community events, our famous Highland nights, on Monday evenings, with the parade along Atholl Road, Pitlochry Highland Games in early September and the New Year’s Day Street Party will be here to enjoy.

This is complemented by larger events such as Heartland Festival in summer and the Enchanted Forest in autumn.

Smaller community events are taking place all the time, in our Community led Town Hall, dancing, concerts and shows, craft fairs, a local monthly Pitlochry Market and live music sessions in bars and pubs. Do please always check details with the organisers before travelling as times can change.

Finally we are Celebrating 75 years of a local Community driven Tourism Partnership and you will find our Members and Community groups on this website, who work together for our local community all year round and to make your visit special.

One final point to note, this summer commencing 8th June until December 31st, we will have a major diversion into our town. Two years ago a severe Winter storm and resulting full spate on the river ripped away the river banking next to the slip route into town from the A9 Northbound. This whole stretch is now to have major engineering work to re-inforce the embankment, which will result in complete closure whilst this huge project is undertaken. This will not affect southbound traffic in any way, however north bound traffic must enter Pitlochry by driving past the town and taking the A924 exit into the north of the town. This will bring you safely into the north of town and is the safest and advisory route for all traffic.

Please do not be tempted to use the East Haugh or Fonab turn offs, traffic flow is too fast and dangerous on the A9 and it is imperative and recommended you use the slip road, your accommodation providers have been given this information.

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