Luxury Bed and Breakfast, B&B, Accommodation Stirlingshire, Scotland

Ballochruin Farm

Lodge No 142A

Traditional red sandstone buildings with spectacular views of the Campsie Fells are your first taste of the treat in store at Ballochruin Farm. The second is the fabulously friendly welcome from Freddie and Janet. This is a wonderfully relaxed and informal house where guests immediately feel part of the household.

The drawing room has an open fire and comfortable sofas and the dining room overlooks the gardens. The bedrooms and en suite bathrooms are modern and simply furnished with comfortable beds and fine linen and one bathroom boasts a ‘bath for two’ whilst the other has a walk-in shower.

Freddie cooks delicious breakfasts and suppers or dinners using lots of locally sourced ingredients and eggs from the farm. This is very much a working farm with Galloway cattle, geese, ducks and hens and a growing herd of friendly alpacas which guests are encouraged to get to know.

Fishing is available on the river that runs through the farm and you might be lucky enough to glimpse some of the otters and kingfishers that inhabit this area.

Your Bed & Breakfast Hosts

Freddie and Janet used to run a Wolsey Lodge at Ratho Hall near Edinburgh and moved to Ballochruin Farm in 2003. They have spent the intervening time refurbishing the farm and now look forward to welcoming back old friends and making new acquaintances. They are very much involved in breeding and showing alpacas and dinner conversation invariably centres on these lovely animals and their infectious enthusiasm for them encourages guests to return.

The Location

Close to Loch Lomond, the West Highland Way and the Queen Elizabeth Forest with walks, cycling and horse riding as well as Mugdock and Balloch Country Parks, all combine to make this a wonderful area to enjoy.

Places of Local Interest

Loch Lomond National Park, West Highland Way, Mugdock Country Park, Balloch Country Park, Queens View, Blair Drummond Safari Park, Queen Elizabeth Forest Walks, Cycling and Horse Riding, Stirling Castle, Wallace Monument, Glengoyne Distillery,

How to find Ballochruin Farm Bed & Breakfast (B&B).

From Perth follow A9 to M9. Leave at Junction 10 follow signs for A84. Past safari park take next left to Gargunnock. Turn right on A811 to Erskine Bridge. Follow until T junction with A81. Turn left, follow for ½ mile, slow down and take sharp left signed Balfron. Follow for approximately 400 yards, take sharp right turn towards Endrick Water. Ballochruin Farm is on the left with a Scottish flag flying!