Primrose Hill Trail, Loch Katrine
6.5 miles (10.5 km). About 2½ hours, moderate.
Start: NN 491 086. Finish: NN 495 072. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 5.5 miles of the 6.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 278 m of climbing and 289 m of descent; highest point 290 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1512
- Distance
- 6.5 miles (10.5 km). We measure 5.5 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 2½ hours
- Difficulty
- Moderate (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Stirling
- Total ascent
- About 278 m. Highest point 290 m
Getting there
We found no car park, station or bus stop near the start: none within a kilometre, no bus stop within 3 km and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap).
Getting back
We found no bus stop within 3 km of the finish and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap), so plan a lift or a taxi back.
What to expect
Underfoot: paved or flagged 100%.
About 100% on roads with traffic.
No stiles recorded.
Steepest climb: about 89 m in a kilometre (1 in 11), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- UK 042Great Trossachs PathShares 2.6 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Loch Katrine.
Walks nearby
- SC 1467Creag Noran Viewpoint Trail0.6 miles, circular. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1511Ben Venue hillwalk8.5 miles, there and back. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SC 1500Ben A'an from Loch Achray2.5 miles, there and back. Starts 2 miles away
- SC 1635Achray Trail0.8 miles. Starts 2.4 miles away
- SC 1615Loch Drunkie Trail1.3 miles, circular. Starts 3.7 miles away
- SC 1563Lochan Spling Trail2.5 miles. Starts 4.8 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryandland.gov.scot on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry and Land Scotland, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry and Land Scotland).
- Facts: forestryandland.gov.scot
Something wrong or missing?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.