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Welcome to autumn

As September progresses, magical colour changing trees are appearing across Scotland! Autumn is the perfect season to visit our forests with plenty to see and do. From Galloway to Golspie, and Fort William to Fife, wherever you're based you'll find nearby forests bursting with autumnal fun.

Plan your autumn
Person standing on hilltop
Top autumn walks
Small boat floating on loch
Perfect photo spots
Red squirrel clinging to tree
Wildlife watching

What will you do today?

There are so many things to see and do in our national forests. There’s something for everyone, whatever you’re into.

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To young women waking through a forest
Walk our forest trails
Mountan biker riding down a forested slope
Mountain biking heaven
Motorhome parked next to field of grasss
Stay the Night
Close-up of an abstract, circular monument, overlooking Loch Lomond
Discover castles, ruins and ancient history
Three people gathered around a camping stove at dusk
Camp out under the stars
An osprey flying whilst holding a fish in its talons
Where to see wildlife

Forest parks

We have hundreds of individual forests in Scotland. A forest park is a group of forests that help you to get the most out of each region. Each collection is mapped and described to make planning a visit easier.

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Single pine tree on a hillside, overlooking a cloud-covered glen
Glenmore
Ardentinny beach, surrounded by tree-covered mountains
Argyll
A single snow-covered tree below a starry sky
Galloway
Sillhouette of a mountan biker gazing over the forests below Glentress
Tweed Valley
A boy resting in a hammock between two trees at The Lodge Visitor Centre
Queen Elizabeth
Bright blue loch and lush tree-covered hills, as seen from Queen's View Visitor Centre
Tay
Car parking

If you travel by car or any other vehicle to visit our forests, find out more about our parking facilities, charges, and terms & conditions . Alternatively, search for a forest above to see local details.

If you travel by car or any other vehicle to visit our forests, find out more about our parking facilities, charges, and terms & conditions . Alternatively, search for a forest above to see local details.

Car parking info
Accessibility

Scotland’s forests are for everyone. We provide accessibility information to take the headache out of visiting us, so you can make a decision about what’s accessible to you.

Scotland’s forests are for everyone. We provide accessibility information to take the headache out of visiting us, so you can make a decision about what’s accessible to you.

Accessibility info

 

Our draft Visitor Strategy

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Forestry and Land Scotland is already the largest provider of outdoor recreation opportunities in Scotland.

But we want to have more people participating in – and benefitting from – access and outdoor activities more often on Scotland’s national forests and land.

We are developing a new Visitor Strategy to help us achieve this. It sets out our aims and priorities for the future and, once finalised, will help us build an action plan.

Draft Visitor Strategy

And you can see the responses from our consultation on this strategy in our summary:

Consultation Summary (PDF)

A finalised strategy will be coming in the next few months (summer 2022).