Welcome to Cormonachan Community Woodlands
The Cormonachan Community Woodlands (Scottish Charity No: SC050840) are 63.9 ha (158 acres) of ancient Atlantic oak & hazel woodlands and part of Scotland’s Rainforest. It has the status of being ‘Ancient Semi Natural Woodlands’ (ASNW) preserved for Conservation, Education and Recreation, with oaks of 300 years old or more and areas of old coppiced hazel probably from at least 100 years ago. There are 4.5 km of paths to explore, nature to discover and views to contemplate. These include the Upper Cormonachan Heritage Paths which were opened in 2023, leading to the Medieval Settlement and Cormonachan Falls.
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Happy New Year to all members and visitors to our site! May 2026 be a good year for you and for Scotland’s temperate woodlands!
The really good news is that the south Car Park is open and walking up to Cormonachan Falls is steep but safe ……. and so rewarding! Do go if you have a chance during fine winter weather. Seeing Cormonachan Falls, both at Upper Cormonachan and Lower Cormonachan, especially with plenty of water running is quite amazing! All other paths are open, unless there are notices saying closed because of a fallen tree blocking the path.
Enjoy Cormonachan Community Woodlands and watch the website for volunteer dates and upcoming events through 2026.
If interesting photographs, please send them to Webmaster@cormonachan-woodlands.co.uk. We hope to add new images on a monthly basis and perhaps award a prize for the best.
At least 16,131 people visited in 2025.
Upper Cormonachan Heritage Paths Plaque
Opening Day of the Upper Cormonachan Heritage Paths at Cormonachan Falls
Much of the area of Cormonachan Community Woodlands had been under planted with Sitka Spruce by Forest and Land Scotland in the past. Many of those areas were felled in the late nineties and later in 2006 and are continuing to be now and into the future. New planting of oaks, rowan, hazel, birch and other native trees have been and are taking place with 780 native trees planted over the last 36 months and a further 210 to be planted over the next few years.
Rhododendron ponticum and bracken (invasive species) have increased in quantity especially in the northern felled section of the woodlands.
A programme of clearance funded by the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park has reduced much of this, but clearing is an ongoing task.
Bluebells abound throughout the woodlands along with other woodland plants
including; primroses, wild garlic, wood sorrel, lesser celandine, honeysuckle, ferns and an array of fungi appear in the autumn.
The most important wildlife to reside in these woodlands are red squirrels and pine martens that are high on the agenda for protection.
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