Loch Venachar — Local services in Scotland

Loved the peacefulness of this Loch. Although it's only about 25 miles from my home, this was my first time visiting it, I'm so glad I did. It's a really clean shoreline, mostly due to the wardens who visit reg1%ularly. They were very friendly and spent a while chatting with us. They did say they've lots of clearing up to do on Mondays after the weekend campers leave, which is such a shame that folk leave a beautiful Loch littered. We took home all our rubbish and even a bag of rubbish left by someone, why they couldn't take it home or to the nearest bin to dump it, I don't know??? Back to the good stuff. Lots of paddleboards were on the water, 20 I counted, fishing boats, bankside fishers, picnicking families, and folk just sitting in the stillness of the day. There's not lots of spaces for vehicles, I'd say about 15 spaces, but visited by a diverse group. There's a couple of picnic tables...

For anyone fishing, the bailiff is a super friendly guy, plenty chat, great advice and information about the Loch and fishing there, permits are cheap. Unfortunately never caught anything when I was there. He said to watch out for the swimmers, as there not very respectful of the people fishing on sure, swimming through people's swims and fishing lines. Plenty of folk up there having picnics and camping, so looks great for that. I think getting a permit there for camping is fairly easy, you can do it online. For sure worth a visit, with Callander just 10 mins...

This is the ideal place to have a picnic with wide open spaces next to the Loch. You need to pay a camping management fee via Loch Lomond and the Trossach National Park but a ranger will come around and check. The loch is ideal for SUP (stand up and paddle) wild swimming. There are no toilets or bins so be prepared to take your rubbish home and bring along your own toilet facility. There are barbecue spots as well. Please leave the place...