Perthshire

Perthshire is one of the larger Scottish traditional counties, situated in the central belt of Scotland astride the River Tay. From 1929 to 1975 the County of Kinross was combined with Perthshire to form the Perth and Kinross County Council, and this situation survives to this day, after 20 years as a district within Tayside Regional Council, Perth and Kinross Council became a unitary authority in 1996. The boundaries have been somewhat different, however, since 1975 when a large chunk of southern Perthshire was transferred to the Central Regional Council, and is now part of Stirling Council area.

Geography & Economy

The A85 on the banks of Loch Earn

Spanning from the fertile Carse of Gowrie along the banks of the Spey to the mountains of the Cairngorms, the landscape of Perthshire is a varied one. The north of the county is often referred to as Highland Perthshire, because of the stark difference from the rest of the county, and much of this area was belatedly added to the Cairngorm National Park area. The Tay and its tributaries extend the farming land available far inland, and also provide rich fishing areas in the lochs such as Loch Earn and Loch Tay.

Fishing isn't the only use of the land, however, aside from the farming in the Carse of Gowrie and around the lower reaches of the Tay, there are vast tracts of forestry in the county, and many of the upland areas are given over to Grouse Moors or Stalking in season. Tourists also flock to the county, whether to climb the mountains, explore the deserted glens, or settle in the more genteel resorts of Pitlochry and Crieff, amongst others.

Roads

Wades Bridge at Aberfeldy

The main road through the county is the A9, which runs west-east along the southern edge from Dunblane to Perth and then turns northwards to the mountains, climbing up to the county boundary at Drumochter Pass. To the north and west of the A9, there are a series of roads threading their way through the lush glens,a long lochsides and over hill passes to reach the north west of the county around Crianlarich and Tyndrum. Many of the more important routes originated as Military roads built by General Wade and his successor Major Caulfeild nearly 300 years ago.

The Tay is spanned by some fine bridges, including Wades Bridge at Aberfeldy. Most non-trunk roads within the traditional county are maintained by Perth and Kinross or Stirling Councils. The trunk roads are managed by Transport Scotland and include the A82, A84, A85, A90 and Motorways. The A9 is currently undergoing a program of upgrading to Dual Carriageway, which should see the whole route through the county being dualled by 2025.

Route	From	To	Length
M9	Edinburgh	Dunblane	32 miles	View
M85	Craigend, Perthshire	Walnut Grove, Perthshire	2 miles	View
M90	Kirkilston	Perth	28.7 miles	View
A9	Polmont, Stirlingshire (M9)	Scrabster, Caithness	279 miles	View
A81	Glasgow	Callander	35 miles	View
A82	Glasgow	Inverness	167 miles	View
A84	Stirling	Lochearnhead	29 miles	View
A85	Oban	Dundee	115 miles	View
A85	Oban	Dundee	115 miles	View
A90	Edinburgh	Fraserburgh	146 miles	View
A91	Stirling	St Andrews	53 miles	View
A93	Perth	Aberdeen	108.3 miles	View
A94	Bridgend, Perth	Forfar	29.2 miles	View
A820	Dunblane	Doune	4.3 miles	View
A821	Braeval	Kilmahog	15.0 miles	View
A822	Greenloaning	Inver	33.1 miles	View
A823	Pitreavie, Rosyth	Westerton	28.8 miles	View
A824	Aberuthven	Muir of Auchterarder	4.7 miles	View
A825	Comrie Street	Lodge Street	0.1 miles	View
A826	Aberfeldy	Milton	9.0 miles	View
A827	Lix Toll	Ballinluig	34.8 miles	View
A873	Blair Drummond	Blairhoyle	7.9 miles	View
A892	Callander	Coilantogle	1.6 miles	View
A912	Muirhead	Perth	21.6 miles	View
A913	Cupar	Aberargie	15.0 miles	View
A920	Edinburgh Road	Victoria Bridge	0.3 miles	View
A921	King Street	Tay Street	0.3 miles	View
A922	Victoria Bridge	Perth Bridge	0.3 miles	View
A923	Dundee	Dunkeld	30.0 miles	View
A924	Bridge of Cally	Pitlochry Bypass	21.8 miles	View
A925	Bankhead	Boat Brae	0.1 miles	View
A926	Rattray	Forfar	20.1 miles	View
A927	Muirhead	Alyth	11.7 miles	View
A977	Kincardine	Kinross	17.3 miles	View
A984	Dunkeld	Coupar Angus	13.5 miles	View
A989	Perth Railway Station	Perth Railway Station	2.0 miles	View
B822	Torrance	Callander (S)	26.5 miles	View
B824	Keir	Doune	3.0 miles	View
B825	Port of Menteith	Blair Drummond	7.9 miles	View
B826	Doune (S)	Thornhill	3.0 miles	View
B827	Braco	Comrie	10.2 miles	View
B828	Callander	Coilantogle	1.6 miles	View
B829	Aberfoyle	Stronachlachar	11.2 miles	View
B846	Aberfeldy	Rannoch Station	37.2 miles	View
B847	Bruar	Kinloch Rannoch	11.0 miles	View
B867	Bankfoot	Birnam	5.1 miles	View
B898	Dunkeld (North)	Grandtully	9.0 miles	View
B934	Yetts o' Muckhart	Upper Cairnie	13.4 miles	View
B935	Bridge of Earn	Forteviot	5.8 miles	View
B947	Kirkton of Lethendy (South)	Blairgowrie	4.2 miles	View
B947	Dunkeld	Coupar Angus	13.4 miles	View
B948	Blairgowrie Road	Union Street	0.5 miles	View
B949	Perth Street	Coupar Angus Road	0.2 miles	View
B950	Kirkmichael	Dalrulzian	3.5 miles	View
B951	Kirriemuir	Lair	18.9 miles	View
B952	New Alyth	Pitcrocknie	2.2 miles	View
B953	Inchture	Balbeggie	9.6 miles	View
B953	Alyth	Alyth (S)	0.5 miles	View
B954	Muirhead	Dykend	17.5 miles	View
B958	St Madoes	Lochee	15.0 miles	View
B996	Kelty	Bein Inn	14.6 miles	View
B8019	Pitlochry	Tummel Bridge	10.6 miles	View
B8031	Frew Toll	Mains of Burbank	3.1 miles	View
B8032	Doune	Cambusmore	6.7 miles	View
B8033	Dunblane	Braco	8.5 miles	View
B8034	Port of Menteith	Arnprior	5.0 miles	View
B8061	Main Street	Railway goods yard	0.05 miles	View
B8062	Crieff	Dunning	13.8 miles	View
B8063	Luncarty	Buchanty	12.9 miles	View
B8064	Perth Road bridge (S)	Four Ways roundabout	0.5 miles	View
B8075	near Blair Drummond	Gargunnock	2.2 miles	View
B8076	Stirling Road	Sunnyside	0.1 miles	View
B8079	Garry Bridge	Bruar	7.7 miles	View
B8081	Tullibardine	Drumlochy	1.4 miles	View
B9098	Auchterarder (NE)	Dunning	3.9 miles	View
B9099	Luncarty	Caputh	8.4 miles	View
B9112	Forteviot	Perth	4.6 miles	View
B9141	Broom of Dalreoch	Dunning	2.2 miles	View
B9993	St Johnstone Interchange	Bertha Park		View
C431	Old Military Road	Bridge Road	0.4 miles	View
T1	London	Scrabster		View
T12	London	Inverness		View
T29	Tyndrum	Oban		View
T30	Perth	Inverness		View
T93	Inverkeithing	Perth		View
T94	Stirling	St Andrews		View
T95	Stirling	Crianlarich		View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Perthshire

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Perthshire