Work on a new active travel route linking the Oakbank community of Crieff to MacRosty Park is progressing well.
The Oakbank to MacRosty Park Link Path project will provide a new year-round active travel route that is more resilient to flooding and water damage and accessible to many different types of path users including wheelchairs, pushchairs, and cyclists.
Providing such a facility, which did not previously exist at this site, has been a long-held ambition of Crieff Community Trust (CCT) and is the second phase of CCT’s wider project to establish and upgrade the offroad active travel links between Crieff and Comrie.
The new all ability route will climb gradually from the Turretbank end of Lady Mary’s Walk up onto the disused Crieff Comrie railway line, where it will follow the disused embankment before joining up with the existing core path network south of Laggan Road.
Progress to date has seen landscaping - including reworking the bunds of soil – and drainage work, building the foundations of the path, and laying the sealed surface of the path.
Although the scale of the works being carried out may look dramatic, efforts have been made throughout the planning and construction phases of the project to minimise the number of mature trees lost, and compensatory planting is planned to offset those trees that were removed.
The works are on schedule to be completed in March 2026, and until then the Turretbank section of Lady’s Mary’s Walk will be closed from 7.30am to 5pm during the working week. The layby parking spaces on Turretbank Road will also be unavailable but the MacRosty Park car park will be open as usual.
We appreciate everyone’s patience and cooperation during the works so far and if you have any questions about the ongoing work then please email [email protected] or check back here for project updates.
Grateful thanks also to the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans) as well as The Gannochy Trust, Perth and Kinross Council’s Community Environment Challenge Fund, The Hugh Fraser Foundation, The Mushroom Trust and the Barrack Charitable Trust for funding this project, and to Perth and Kinross Council’s Community Greenspace team for supporting the project.
Oakbank to MacRosty Park Path Closure Notice (click to enlarge)