Falls of Bruar
Waterfall Perthshire and Kinross, Scotland
About Falls of Bruar
The Bruar Water drops around 60 metres in a series of cascades through a steep, narrow gorge about eight miles north of Pitlochry, off the A9. What makes the place particularly interesting is its backstory: when Robert Burns visited in September 1787, the falls ran across bare open moorland, and he was so struck by the contrast between the rushing water and the treeless hillside that he wrote a poem — "The Humble Petition of Bruar Water" — imagined from the river's own point of view, pleading with the Duke of Atholl to plant its banks. The Duke obliged, and the Scots pine and larch woodland you walk through today is largely a product of that literary nudge. A circular trail of about 1.6 miles climbs up one side of the gorge and returns on the other, crossing two old stone bridges with views down into the chasm below. The falls are at their most forceful after prolonged rain — a hydroelectric scheme installed in the 1940s diverts water upstream, so flow can be modest in dry spells. Autumn brings good colour from the surrounding trees.
Location & details
- Category
- Waterfall
- Region
- Perthshire and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Coordinates
- 56.77396, -3.93426
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