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| Anagach Woods (click / tap to enlarge image) |
Anagach Woods are located at the edge of the attractive Highland town of Grantown-on-Spey. The town is a popular base for exploring the Cairngorms National Park and you'll find plenty of eating options there. There's a good bakery just off the main square (Maclean's Highland Bakery) and weather permitting, we particularly like to grab a take away snack from there and eat it on one of the benches dotted around nearby. You will find public toilets in the High Street car park. There is also a toilet block at the Burnfield Avenue car park but they have been closed for refurbishment for some time and I'm not sure if they have reopened as yet.
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| Grantown-on-Spey |
Our walk starts from the parking area at the end of Forest Road, adjacent to the woods themselves. There are only a few parking spaces here but you can turn down the left hand track to a larger car park. There are a number of easy to follow waymarked routes of varying lengths from 1 mile to 5½ miles. All the routes are pretty flat. Dogs need to be kept on a lead along some of the longest (red) route during April to August, to protect the nesting sites of the elusive and rare Capercaillie. More details on the various walking options along with other walking areas in Grantown, can be found in the Grantown-on-Spey Paths leaflet, available from the Cairngorms National Park website here.
As always, link to the car park on Google Maps, maps of the route and GPX navigation file can be found at the end of the article. All images can be clicked/tapped to enlarge them.
The woods are a delight and are comprised of majestic Scots pine. If you're lucky you might spot some red squirrels. We visited the woods back in June 2022 and we took a stroll around one of the shorter trails, the circular green route which is just over 1 mile and takes in part of the Old Military Road. Tommy in particular was a bit tired from a longer walk the day before, so we decided to have a nice easy day.
I've not provided blow by blow walking directions for this one, since as mentioned above, the routes are waymarked, so you can just follow the appropriately coloured markers around your chosen route. Here are some pictures from our walk.
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| "Awww yehhh, back in the woods!" |
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| "Hmm, I know I'm not supposed to get the pine cone. So much temptation... must resist!" |
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| Return leg of the route via the Old Military Road |
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| Route overview with surrounding area (click / tap to enlarge image) |
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| Route detail (follow route clockwise as per directional arrow) |
Link to start location on Google Maps
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