Loch Lomond
Twenty-four miles long, with around thirty islands and the Highland Boundary Fault running straight across it — the loch is broad and gentle in the south, narrow and mountainous in the north.
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Hidden gems in Loch Lomond & Trossachs
Scotland's first national park, and the villages tucked inside it
Loch Lomond is the largest body of fresh water in Britain by surface area, and the national park around it is the easiest wild landscape to reach from Scotland's central belt. That accessibility cuts both ways — the honeypot villages get busy, while businesses in the quieter settlements a few miles off the A82 are much harder to find.
Here's the landscape, the villages worth the detour, and the independents operating in them.
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Map of Loch Lomond & Trossachs
The towns and landmarks of this region. Business pins appear here as listings are added.
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Towns & villages
Where to look in Loch Lomond & Trossachs
Places worth slowing down for in this region. We don't have listings in any of them yet — if you trade in one, you can be the first.
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Balloch
The southern gateway on the loch shore, with the country park and the train from Glasgow.
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Luss
A conservation village of slate-roofed cottages with a pier and a beach on the west shore.
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Callander
The eastern gateway to the Trossachs, on the River Teith.
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Aberfoyle
Deep in the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, at the foot of Duke's Pass.
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Drymen
A village green, a couple of good pubs, and a waypoint on the West Highland Way.
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Arrochar
Sits under the Arrochar Alps at the head of Loch Long, with the Cobbler above.
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Landmarks
The famous bits
Worth seeing in their own right, and a good way to get your bearings in the region.
The loch shore at Firkin Point
One of many pull-ins along the western shore where you can get down to the water. Clear, cold, and much quieter than the village beaches.
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Ben Lomond
The most southerly Munro at 974 metres, rising straight out of the loch's eastern shore. The path from Rowardennan is well made and busy, and the view from the top runs from Arran to the Arrochar Alps.
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The Cobbler (Ben Arthur)
Not a Munro, but the most recognisable summit in the southern Highlands — a hooked rock profile above Arrochar. Reaching the true top means threading a gap in the rock and stepping onto an exposed ledge.
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Inchcailloch
A wooded island nature reserve a few minutes by boat from Balmaha, with a summit path, a beach for camping and the ruins of a 13th-century church among the oaks.
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Falls of Falloch
A powerful waterfall dropping into a deep pool in Glen Falloch, five minutes' walk from a lay-by on the A82. One of the easiest genuinely impressive stops on the road north.
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