Each walk has a description, a Fact File (including nearest wheelchair-accessible toilet), a photo and a map with paths graded for different wheelchairs or scooters. Due to copyright restrictions the maps are only available in the book Walking on Wheels.

Lomond Hills Regional Park, Fife
Walk 38 - Falkland Estate

I have many memories, all of them good, of rambling around the Falkland Estate which is also part of the Lomond Hills Regional Park. The estate land is used for farming, forestry and recreation. Flora and fauna are numerous and delightful but it is the peace and tranquillity, enhanced by the natural burns and numerous bridges, that make it so attractive.

Bridge in lower Maspie Den

The Falkland Heritage Trust has reinstated much of the path network to the original design in the days of our hunting kings. Unfortunately, due to gradients, land formation and stock control not every path has been made fully accessible. However, it is possible for all types of wheelchair and scooter users to spend a whole day rambling around the estate. Guided walks are on offer throughout the summer. Leaflets can be obtained from the Falkland Heritage Trust.

There are easier trails nearer to Falkland itself, while further west there are harder routes which I have shown in red, including the route to the fine viewpoint on Black Hill and another which visits a pretty waterfall. It would be hard not to visit Falkland, a Best Kept Village award winner, and not visit the magnificent Falkland Palace Gardens (National Trust for Scotland property). Unfortunately, the Palace itself is not accessible for wheelchairs. This has been a royal residence since 1460, a place where the early Stuart kings came to work, rest, and play 'real' tennis.

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