Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Scotland’s first national park, established in 2002, welcomes visitors from around the globe to explore some of the most beautiful and famous scenery in all of Scotland. Straddling the Highland Boundary faultline, the national park offers a spectacular diversity of scenery as it crosses from the rolling lowlands into the rugged and mountainous Highlands.

Loch Lomond is the largest loch in Scotland by surface area, and is dotted with wooded islands both large and small. The rolling landscapes of its southern end gradually rear up into steep sided mountains in the north, overlooked by Ben Lomond – the highest mountain in the area and most southerly Munro. In the Trossachs, just east of Loch Lomond, you will find deep wooded glens dotted with small villages and lochs which is an important area for local wildlife.

The national park is one of the most popular destinations in Scotland, and is easily accessed from the nearby cities of Glasgow and Stirling.

A Romantic Landscape

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs was one of the first areas in Scotland to be recognised for the quality of its natural scenery, and was especially popular amongst the Romanticist artists and leading natural scientists of the 19th century. Famous figures who drew inspiration from the area include Dorothy and William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Sir Walter Scott, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais. One of the most famous pieces inspired by the area is the Jacobite folk song ‘The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond’ – now regarded as a favourite and still popular Scottish anthem. The Romanticist artists and natural scientists of the day made the area hugely popular, and the area has been drawing visitors from around the world ever since.