The Old Cross Inn is in Old Rattray, part of the burgh of Blairgowrie and Rattray. Blairgowrie is about 18 miles (25 km) north of Perth - see the sketch map for its location.

The location of the Old Cross Inn in Rattray is indicated by the arrow on this map on the streetmap.co.uk site.

If the the Old Cross is fully booked we would be pleased to recommend the following local establishments, all of whom frequently direct clients to us for meals. Click on the name to visit their website:

• Farview Self-catering

• Glenshieling House B&B

• Glenvar B&B

• Ivybank B&B

You can click here for the Perthshire tourist site.

As Angus is just a few miles down the road, click here for the Angus & Dundee tourist site.

Glenshee Ski Centre, 25 miles north of Blairgowrie, has two ski schools and a snow-boarding academy while Blairgowrie Tourist Information Centre provides up-to-date skiing information in the winter months.

Blairgowrie Tourist Information Centre or the specialist shops in the town can also provide information on fishing in the area.

Blairgowrie Golf Club, Alyth Golf Course, Strathmore Golf Centre, Dalmunzie Golf Course and Glenisla Golf Course are all around Blairgowrie and Alyth.

Cargill's Leap, Blairgowrie, offers woodland and riverside walks along the River Ericht. Meikleour Beech Hedge is the largest hedge in the world. The Hermitage, Dunkeld (National Trust for Scotland) also offers woodland walks.

Nature reserves include Stormont Loch, Blairgowrie, Loch of Lintrathen, near Alyth and Loch of the Lowes, Dunkeld (all Scottish Wildlife Trust) and Loch of Kinnordy, near Kirriemuir (RSPB).

The Cateran Trail is a 60-mile circular waymarked route. The Angus Glens cut deep into the Grampian Mountains and provide excellent scenery and walking opportunities.

In nearby Coupar Angus, visit the Coupar Abbey & the Tolbooth Tower. Museums include Alyth Folk Museum, Meigle Museum with its collection of sculpted stones from the Celtic Christian period and. Angus Folk Museum in Glamis, while Glamis Castle was the childhood home to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

Further afield may be found Perth - the 'fair city' and former capital of Scotland - Dundee - the city of discovery - and Royal Deeside.

 

  

 

Reekie Linn and the Den o' Alyth

River Ericht in Blair

Fishing on the Ericht

Red Deer stag

Glenericht at Craighall

Loch of Lintrathen

River Ericht in winter