Supporting communities and wellbeing with walks in nature
Find out how we’re working with communities and using our amazing outdoor places to boost people’s wellbeing.
Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace teacher information
This unassuming white-painted cottage was built by Thomas Carlyle’s father and uncle – both stonemasons – and is a simple gem of Scottish 18th-century vernacular architecture.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works teacher information
Robert Smail’s Printing Works is a working time capsule. It offers an insight into the Victorian period of industrial, educational and technological change and is one of the few remaining letterpress printers in the UK.
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum teacher information
The best place to get close to Robert Burns and his genius is his birthplace in the beautiful village of Alloway.
Priorwood Garden teacher information
Priorwood Garden has a fine orchard, woodland garden and flower borders. Harmony and Priorwood Gardens are 300 metres from each other, and a class can visit both gardens within half a day.
Preston Mill & Phantassie Doocot teacher information
Preston Mill is one of the oldest water-driven meal mills in Scotland. There has been a mill on this site for centuries.
Leith Hall, Garden & Estate teacher information
Leith Hall was built over three centuries, starting in 1650, and remained the home of the Leith-Hay family until the mid-20th century. The views are wonderful from the extensive garden and estate.
Killiecrankie teacher information
The Pass of Killiecrankie is a spectacular, deep river gorge cloaked in ancient woodland and flanked on the west by the River Garry. The Battle of Killiecrankie (part of the first Jacobite rising) took place nearby in 1689.
Inverewe teacher information
Inverewe is set on a peninsula on the shores of Loch Ewe, within the Wester Ross National Scenic Area. It’s renowned for its exotic plants which flourish here on a latitude that’s more northerly than Moscow.
Harmony Garden teacher information
Harmony is a garden of abundance. The vegetable garden demonstrates traditional growing techniques, while the mixed flower borders are skilfully laid out to provide an aesthetic frame for the grand Georgian house.
Haddo House teacher information
The site of Haddo House has been continuously occupied by the same branch of the Gordon family since the 15th century.
The Georgian House teacher information
The Georgian House, in Edinburgh’s New Town, is set in a fine Georgian square. The house, built in 1796, was designed by Robert Adam – the foremost architect of the day – and is a wonderful example of late 18th-century classical architecture.
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