path winding through trees wooden sculpture of badger by tree
Many miles of walks in the woods to follow and an arboretum to visit Look out for the wooden sculptures of wildlife found all over the hill
entrance to Arboretum general view of the woods
The Arboretum with examples of trees which you can grow in your own garden Park is managed by Perth and Kinross Council and Forestry Commission Scotland

Links to our partners:
Perth and Kinross Council
Forestry Commission Scotland
Big Tree Country
Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust
Perthshire Society of Natural Science


Kinnoull Hill Woodland Park

Welcome to Kinnoull Hill in Perth

Use the links on the left to
explore what there is to see
and do in the Woodland Park
which lies close to the city of
Perth in Scotland.

Woodland Park Group Litter Pick

Crods at Bench event

A ‘Spring Clean’ Litter Pick by members of the Woodland Park User Group on 30th April 2013.

New Arboretum Bench

Crods at Bench event

A new bench in the Arboretum was inaugurated on Saturday, October 7, 2011. The bench has been made possible through a kind donation from the Geocache community who held a Mega Scotland Geocache Event on Kinnoull Hill in 2010.

the Bench

Twigger’s Bench is in memory of Ewan Rice, known as Twigger, who sadly died following injuries when setting up a geocache.

Ewan's wiidow and sons

Ewan’s widow Lorna and his two sons Fraser and Callum sitting on Twigger’s Bench.

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