Balquhidder

Balquhidder

Looking westward to Loch Voil

Lochearnhead

Lochearnhead

Looking northwards to Glen Ogle

Strathyre

Strathyre

Looking northward to Balquhidder Station

blscc logo

 

Welcome to the community council site for Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre in the very beating heart of Scotland!

 

Our community council represents the residents of three villages in the North-East corner of the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park. We form part of Ward No. 1 in the Stirling Council area and cover one of the largest areas of any community council in Stirlingshire. You can read a little more about each village at the bottom of this page.

For contact details of council officers, please click on OFFICERS above.

Latest updates

29th April 2023

The website was last updated on this date.

See the links below for the most recent news items and features of interest.

Community Council Minutes

22nd February 2023

The minutes of this meeting are now available to view in the

Filing Cabinet

The schedule of forthcoming meetings is also available via this link.

Community Council Election

April 2023

The present community council will be dissolved at midnight on Friday 14th April and nominations are sought for election to a new community council. Some existing members are willing to stand for re-election, but the new council must contain a minimum of six and a maximum of nine members altogether. Anyone wishing to stand for election must submit a nomination form to Stirling Council by 4 p.m. on Wednesday 19th April. For further information on obtaining and completing a nomination form, please contact the existing Secretary or visit the Stirling Council website.

Support for fuel bills

For details of how to apply directly in not on the mains gas network, see the item about fuel support in the

News Section

Overnight road closure - A85 - Glen Ogle

From Sunday 14th May for eight nights (not including 19-20th), the A85 trunk road in Glen Ogle will be CLOSED from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. each night. For full details, see the

News Section

Weather

We've recently added a new page to the site that provides links to real-time, local, weather information.

See "Weather"

Place Plan

You can find details of the Community PLACE PLAN for Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre in the

Filing Cabinet

Searching

If you're having trouble finding something on the site, please use the SEARCH option on the main menu or click here.

THE FILING CABINET

This is where we keep our documents that you can view and download. Most of them use Adobe Acrobat's "Portable Document Format" that can be seen easily in modern browsers. The cabinet has various categories, including one for past minutes of the Community Council. Please feel free to explore and to view or download documents as you wish.

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR DOCUMENTS

Balquhidder

The elongated settlement of Balquhidder lies off to the West of the main North-South route at the head of Loch Voil. It is overlooked by the dramatic mountain scenery of the "Braes of Balquhidder" (immortalized in song by Robert Tannahill) and the Parish Kirk is famous for being the last resting place of Rob Roy MacGregor.

Back in the 8th or 9th Century, St Angus recognised Balquhidder as a "thin place" - where the boundary between Earth and Heaven is close. Around that time, Clan MacLaren first occupied the district until forced out by the MacGregors in the 16th Century.

Lochearnhead

The village of Lochearnhead is situated at the junction of the A84 and A85 trunk roads at the head of Loch Earn. This is where the main North-South route meets the East-West route along Strathearn. It has a rich and varied history but, in modern times, is known as the site for the area's Highland Games and the Lochearnhead Shears - one of the largest sheep-shearing competitions in the UK.

Strathyre

The village of Strathyre is the southernmost part of our area, following the course of the River Balvaig as it flows down from Loch Voil to Loch Lubnaig. It became well established in Victorian times with the arrival of the Callander & Oban Railway in the 1870s. William Wordsworth once stayed there and was apparently inspired to write The Solitary Reaper as a result. Strathyre now has the only remaining primary school in the area.

Copyright ©2023 BLS Community Council - Site produced by All Things Sound
Save
Cookies user preferences
We use cookies to ensure you to get the best experience on our website. If you decline the use of cookies, this website may not function as expected.
Accept all
Decline all
Cookies
This records your consent to accepting our cookies.
cookiesck
Accept
Decline
Analytics
Tools used to analyze the data to measure the effectiveness of a website and to understand how it works.
_ga
Accept
Decline
_ga_JG6ZB41V4G
Accept
Decline
Sessions
These cookies are used to support logging in to the site.
a7952853480955fd7d6e46a8acd25f61
Accept
Decline
10e12fe01191bec5e3121fe59ecc1d4c
Accept
Decline