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  Aberfeldy Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Aberfeldy is a bustling small town built on the south side of the River Tay.
It was replaced in 1896 by Aberfeldy Distillery which uses the same supply of water from the hills to the south.
Aberfeldy Distillery was expanded in the 1960s and 1970s and visitors today can call in on Dewars World of Whisky, one of the more organised distillery visitor centres you are likely to find when touring around Scotland.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /aberfeldy/aberfeldy/index.html   (397 words)

  
 Aberfeldy Country cottages Scotland Self Catering holiday Cottages in Perthshire
Aberfeldy Cottages is a family business offering self catering country holiday home accommodation for fulfilling vacations and short breaks in the Highlands of Perthshire, Scotland.
Is situated on Taybridge Road in Aberfeldy, a street of large stone-built Victorian houses, leading to one of the most romantic bridges in Scotland which Wade built over the Tay in 1733.
Aberfeldy is a charming unspoilt market town nestling in the bend of the River Tay amidst the most stunning scenery in Scotland.
www.aberfeldycottages.co.uk   (943 words)

  
 New Year Dinner Bed and Breakfast Balnearn House Aberfeldy guest house bed and breakfast aberfeldy perthshire adventure ...
Aberfeldy is situated amid some of Scotland's most breathtaking scenery.
At one point in history it was the only bridge fording the River Tay which contributed to the town's importance.
Aberfeldy is an excellent area for a variety of outdoor activities including touring the countryside, cycling, walking, kayaking, whitewater rafting, climbing, golfing, fishing or just taking time out to relax, which makes Balnearn House an ideal base.
www.balnearnhouse.com   (349 words)

  
 Aberfeldy on the best Scottish Tours.
The Birks of Aberfeldy, a wooded den surrounding the Falls of Moness, has been maintained as a scenic walk for almost 200 years, first by the Moness Estate, and now by local government.
There is a long tradition of illicit distilling in the Aberfeldy area, but the present legal distillery was established on its present site in 1898, and lies just to the east of Aberfeldy overlooking the River Tay.
Combine the charm of the area with the thriving but gentle pace of Aberfeldy and its surrounding area, its historic castle, mill, distillery, the nearby 2,500 year old crannog which paints a fascinating picture of early Iron Age life, and, at every turn, the glorious landscape of Highland Perthshire.
www.visitaberfeldy.com   (615 words)

  
 Aberfeldy Distillery, Scotland - Scotch Whisky Distilleries - scotchwhisky.net
Aberfeldy Distillery, Scotland - Scotch Whisky Distilleries - scotchwhisky.net
Apparently, one of the founders of Aberfeldy "Tommy Dewar" was the 3
Leave the A9 at Ballinluig and follow the A827 alongside the River Tay to Aberfeldy.
www.scotchwhisky.net /distilleries/aberfeldy.htm   (216 words)

  
 Fairtrade | Fairtrade towns | Aberfeldy
This was done to enable us to develop the work of the group, especially in terms of trading, but also with a mind to doing development work of some kind.
Aberfeldy is in a rural area, where agriculture and tourism are important sources of income.
Once we knew that we had met the Fairtrade Town criteria, and heard from FTF that we would be awarded the status, we decided to hold a small presentation ceremony at the stall we had already planned at the school’s Healthy Living fair.
www.fairtrade.org.uk /towns_aberfeldy.htm   (868 words)

  
 Aberfeldy Accommodation Index - B&B Aberfeldy guest house, Aberfeldy bed and breakfast and Aberfeldy hotel ...
Balnearn House is a delightful guest house located in Aberfeldy, which offers bed and breakfast where comfort and a friendly atmosphere are top priority and this comes across in the high quality service offered to all guests.
Located 4 miles from Aberfeldy, our traditional steading lies in the Parish of Weem with magnificent views over the surrounding countryside of the Tay Valley and access to fishing and numerous historical attractions.
Tigh'n Eilean is an elegant Victorian house overlooking the River Tay in the charming highland village of Aberfeldy.
www.scottishaccommodationindex.com /aberfeldy.php   (0 words)

  
 Attractions Aberfeldy Perthshire
Other local amenities in Aberfeldy include tennis courts, putting and a bowling green, children's play area, and indoor recreation centre with a 25m pool, snooker, squash, fitness suite, sauna and spa pool.
The district around Aberfeldy is rich in natural heritage and folklore, typified by the picturesque thatched cottages of Fortingall where it is rumoured that Pontius Pilate was born and here in the churchyard a 3000-year-old yew tree is believed to be Europe's oldest living thing.
Wonderful walks are plentiful, ranging from the woodland glade and cascading waterfalls of the Birks of Aberfeldy, through forest walks at Weem and Drummond Hill, to serious high level walking, within many munroes around Glen Lyon and the hills of Breadalbane.
www.aberfeldycottages.co.uk /Attractions.htm   (805 words)

  
  Aberfeldy (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aberfeldy are an indie pop band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2002.
Aberfeldy received funding from the Scottish Arts Council to travel to Austin, Texas to play at the 2005 and 2006 South by Southwest Festival.
Several Aberfeldy songs were used in the soundtrack of Gamerz [1], a Scottish comedy film, while the song "Summer's Gone" was used in Argentina to advertise Quilmes beer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aberfeldy_(band)   (437 words)

  
 Aberfeldy
For the Aberfeldy was designed to be a blending malt to fatten and enrich whiskies of the Dewar dynasty, which grew from a wine and spirit wholesale operation based in Perth.
They got it right: for today, with the Aberfeldy part of the United Distillers group, its whisky has a nutty robustness halfway between the tang of Lagavulin and the subtlety of Rosebank, which are Islay and Lowland malts.
Aberfeldy gets most of its malted barley from the Glenesk Maltings, Montrose, and its requirements are for a medium-peated grain.
www.dcs.ed.ac.uk /~jhb/whisky/smws/aberfeld.html   (867 words)

  
 Aberfeldy
Combine the charm of the area with the thriving but gentle pace of Aberfeldy and its surrounding communities - its historic castle, a working mill, its distillery, its reconstructed 2,500 year old crannog which paints a fascinating picture of early Iron Age life, and, at every turn, the glorious landscape of Highland Perthshire.
Every visitor to Aberfeldy should walk across its famous bridge, which provided the vital crossing of the River Tay for General Wade's network of military roads.
The district around Aberfeldy is rich in natural heritage and folklore, typified by the pretty thatched cottages of Fortingall.
www.scotland247.co.uk /aberfeldy2.htm   (312 words)

  
 Aberfeldy
The distilery is just east of the village of Aberfeldy.
The oldest buildings date from 1896 and it opened in 1898, purpose-built by John and Thomas Dewar, sons of John Dewar of Aberfeldy.
The original design of the distillery demonstrated the progress of malt distillation from a farm-based exercise to an industry in its own right - the buildings are purpose-built and form a long row, taking in barley at one end and producing filled casks at the other, with a recognisable production flow from end to end.
www.dcs.ed.ac.uk /home/jhb/whisky/smws/60.html   (297 words)

  
 ABERFELDY / ABOUT   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Aberfeldy is an indie pop band formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2002.
Several Aberfeldy songs were used in the soundtrack of Gamerz, a Scottish comedy film, while the song "Summer's Gone" was used in Argentina to advertise Quilmes beer.
Aberfeldy have gigged extensively throughout 2006 including a support tour with The Beautiful South, festival dates in Cornbury, Eurokenes, Electric Picnic and Skye Festival and support dates with James Blunt.
www.aberfeldys.com /about.html   (458 words)

  
 Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aberfeldy (Obar Pheallaidh in Gaelic) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, on the River Tay.
Robert Burns featured the town in his poem, The Birks of Aberfeldy, and it is mentioned in the traditional Loch Tay Boat Song.
On 27 November 2002, Aberfeldy was granted Fairtrade Town status.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aberfeldy,_Scotland   (199 words)

  
 Scottish music from Aberfeldy
Aberfeldy are Riley Briggs - vocals/guitar/keyboards, Sarah McFadyen - backing vocals/ fiddle/ glockenspiel/ mandolin, Ruth Barrie - backing vocals / keyboard / glockenspiel / harmonica, Ian Stoddart: drums/percussion, Ken McIntosh: bass.
The Aberfeldy material, mainly gorgeous romantic ballads and breezy upbeat summer music was mainly written by Riley Briggs, the band's singer sonwriter & guitarist.
At the time, Barrie was working in the cafe at the Bongo Club, where Briggs just happened to hear her sing with a group of African performers who were over for the Festival.
www.footstompin.com /artists/aberfeldy   (300 words)

  
 UISGE! Aberfeldy Distillery: All about it
Aberfeldy is an attractive, typically Highland town with an elegant road bridge built by General Wade; this one is special, however, having been designed by William Adam.
An earlier Aberfeldy distillery had been set up but it only lasted a couple of decades and Pitilie, founded in 1825, was also short-lived.
Aberfeldy, a Highland malt, fills out from a lightly peaty aroma to a big, fairly concentrated smoky, tangy-fruit flavour.
www.uisge.com /ud/aberfeldy.html   (602 words)

  
 aberfeldy
Combine this with the thriving but gentle pace of Aberfeldy and its surrounding communities – its historic castle, a working mill, its distillery, a reconstructed 2,500 year old crannog – and at every turn, the glorious landscapes of Highland Perthshire.
The district around Aberfeldy is rich in natural heritage and folklore, typified by the picturesque thatched cottages of Fortingall.
Wonderful walks are plentiful, ranging from the cascading waterfalls at the Birks of Aberfeldy, forest walks at Weem and Drummond Hill, to serious high level walking around Glen Lyon and the hills of Breadalbane.
www.bracken-lodges.com /newlocationaberfeldy.htm   (714 words)

  
 Aberfeldy
Aberfeldy is situated on Scotland's longest river, the River Tay in highland Perthshire.
Famous for the 'Birks of Aberfeldy', a poem penned by Robert Burns in 1787 in memory of the beautiful Falls of Moness, Aberfeldy has now become one of Scotland's best-known holiday towns.
From Aberfeldy, visit the stunning natural beauty of Loch Tay and the conservation village of Kenmore; the unique iron age Scottish Crannog Centre; Perthshire's highest mountain Ben Lawers at 1214 m (3,984 feet); and Glenlyon "the longest and loveliest glen in Scotland".
www.visitscotland.com /library/aberfeldy_town   (254 words)

  
 Castle Menzies Holiday Cottages - Aberfeldy Information
Aberfeldy is our local small market town and the heart of all that goes on in the Upper Tay Valley.
Aberfeldy is the original old market town for Highland Perthshire and serves a widely scattered rural population.
Aberfeldy and the valley have been for centuries, as well as the homes of the traditional Highland Clan chiefs, a haven for well known and famous people who have made their fortune.
www.castlemenzies.com /Aberfeldy_Info.html   (512 words)

  
 Aberfeldy town map - Ronald P A Smith Street Plans
Aberfeldy, the capital of Breadalbane, is situated on the banks of the River Tay and the Moness Burn, about seven miles downstream of Loch Tay.
Aberfeldy is a popular holiday resort and touring centre with a wide range of accommodation in hotels, guest houses, BandBs, a caravan site and an extensive time-share/self-catering development.
Also within easy reach of Aberfeldy is the old-established village of Fortingall (said to be the birthplace of Pontius Pilate) with its thatched houses and 3000-year-old churchyard yew tree, the oldest piece of living vegetation in Europe.
www.rpasmith.co.uk /aberfeldy.htm   (704 words)

  
 Aberfeldy - Young Forever :: Not Lame Recordings - power pop and melodic rock record label, music and CDs
Aberfeldy combine acoustic instruments, blending male and female voices and intelligent lyrics to create some refreshing music in a similar vein to Belle and Sebastian.
From the toe-tapping surf of A Friend Like You to the headshaking harmonies of Out Of Love, all 12 songs on offer are tiny doses of honeyed splendour, particularly the strolling tale of drunkenness, Tie One On, and the harmonica melodies of Surly Girl.
Aberfeldy have bottled the sound of tranquillity and gentle heartbreak, of startling innocence and youthful romance."-BBC.
www.notlame.com /CDABER1.html   (288 words)

  
 Aberfeldy Distillery Profile (Malt Madness - about single malt whisky)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Aberfeldy 17yo 1978/1995 (57.9%, Cadenhead's, D08/78, B10/95, 5cl) that Serge sent from France was similar to the Scott's Selection, and in the end it ended up with the same recommendable score.
Dave Russo from Boston passed a bunch of samples on to Davin and one was this Aberfeldy.
Aberfeldy was built on the south bank of the Tay river in
www.maltmadness.com /aberfeldy.html   (742 words)

  
 Tour Aberfeldy.
It was in 1787 that Robert Burns penned his famous invitation to "Come let us spend the lichtsome days in the Birks of Aberfeldie." Accept the offer of Scotland's National Poet and you too will experience the unspoiled beauty of this spectacular part of Perthshire.
Every visitor to Aberfeldy should walk across its famous bridge, which provided the vital crossing of the River Tay for General Wade's network of military roads.
Prior to the construction of the bridge, the river was crossed by a ferry.
www.visitdunkeld.com /aberfeldy.htm   (328 words)

  
 A general tourist guide to Aberfeldy, Scotland, where to stay, accommodation, what to see, places to visit in or near ...
The Aberfeldy hotels listed below are either in the town or we have given a rough guide as to how far they are from Aberfeldy.
Aberfeldy is a largely Victorian town, sitting at the point where the Urlar Burn flows into the River Tay, 6 miles from Loch Tay.
To dial a number in Aberfeldy from outside the UK: dial the International Access Code of the country you are calling from - follow that by the Country Code for the country you are calling to (44 for the UK) - dial the local area code omitting the initial ‘0’ e.g.
www.kayukay.co.uk /aberfeldyhotels.html   (411 words)

  
 Aberfeldy Scotch Whisky review / test and information by Alternative Whisky Academy presents / reviews Aberfeldy Scotch ...
Aberfeldy was expanded in the 1960's and 1970's.
Aberfeldy is located in the rasberry-growing region of Scotland and overlooks the Tay Valley.
Aberfeldy Distillery is located immediately to the east of the village of the same name; next to the former railway line and the main A827 road and overlooking the River Tay.
www.awa.dk /whisky/aberfeld   (777 words)

  
 Drumcroy Lodges:: Aberfeldy Highland Perthshire Scotland
Aberfeldy sits almost exactly in the centre of Scotland.
The Aberfeldy recreation centre offers a great range of activities and classes as well as a 25m swimming pool, sauna, gym and jacuzzi.
There is the unique opportunity to take a Highland Adventure Safari, an exclusive adventure into a secret Scotland to heights of 3000 feet with the chance of seeing eagles, deer, arctic hares, grouse and stunning scenery.
www.highland-lodges.com /aberfeldy.htm   (282 words)

  
 Aberfeldy - Young Forever : album review
Aberfeldy, as all you Scots out there will know, is a picturesque town near Perth that's popular with the holidaymakers.
Aberfeldy are Edinburgh to Belle And Sebastian's Glasgow, but like the latter they have a refreshing approach to harmony and instrumentation, weaving violin and trombone passages throughout the music.
Aberfeldy's humour is always close to the surface, and nowhere more so than Heliopolis By Night with its hilarious alien voices.
www.musicomh.com /albums/aberfeldy.htm   (552 words)

  
 Aberfeldy: Young Forever: Pitchfork Record Review   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Aberfeldy recorded their debut, Young Forever, using a single microphone.
He goes on to rhyme "sacred" with "wasted" and "reasons" with "leaving" until somewhere the editor of a rhyming dictionary loses her job.
As is so often the case, Aberfeldy are at their best when they stumble beyond trite infantilism.
pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/14768/Aberfeldy_Young_Forever   (563 words)

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