The Bracklinn Falls are a series of

waterfall A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...

s north-east of

Callander Callander (; ) is a small town in the council area of Stirling (district), Stirling in Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the historic county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands. De ...

, Scotland on the course of the Keltie Water, where the river crosses the

Highland Boundary Fault The Highland Boundary Fault is a major fault zone that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. It separates two different geological terranes which give rise to two distinct physiographic ter ...

. Over recent years there have been a number of tragic incidents at the falls.

Toponymy

The name of the falls should mean ''speckled'' or ''white foaming'' ''pool''.

The Bridge

In 2004, a long-standing steel footbridge over the falls was washed away by severe floods. In October 2010, a new, 20-tonne wood-and-copper footbridge, spanning 20m across a very deep gorge, was hauled into place by hand because the location made it impossible to use a crane. In July 2011, this new bridge won an award at the International Footbridge Awards. In the winter of 2020, "some areas of deterioration requiring further examination" were noted on the bridge, and it was closed for several months. The wooden, award-winning bridge was deemed unsafe and a replacement metal bridge was commissioned, expected to open in 2022 and finally opening to the public in March 2023.

Access to the falls

The falls can be reached with an easy walk from a car-park close to

; the itinerary is signposted and takes a couple of hours there and back.

Nature conservation

The waterfall and its surrounding area belongs to the

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park () is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond and the hills and glens of the Trossachs, along with several other ranges of hills. It was the first of the national parks of Scotland, two nati ...

Photo gallery

File:Bracklinn Falls and bridge, Callander, Scotland-LCCN2001705950.jpg, Falls and bridge in 1890s Bracklinn Falls - geograph.org.uk - 921667.jpg, Falls in 2002 Bracklinn Falls - geograph.org.uk - 1351001.jpg, Falls with human for scale

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