page_title: Menstrie Glen
section_title: Access and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Menstrie Glen / Access and recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: View Northwards from near Grid Reference NS 850 947 (W Tullibody) showing forestry ploughing on the Northern flanks of Menstrie Glen in April 2015
context_page_description: Menstrie Glen is the glen which separates Dumyat from Myreton Hill and the main body of the Ochil Hills in Scotland. Once farmed but no longer inhabited, it is now used for sheep pasture, a public water supply and recreation in the form of fishing and walking. A plan is under consideration for commercial forestry on the eastern and northern flanks of the Glen.
context_section_description: The lower (southern) parts of the glen, reached by footpaths from Menstrie, give access to routes to the summits of Dumyat and Myreton Hill.
  A gated farm track leads from Menstrie around the eastern and northern flanks of the glen to the ruin of Red Brae (NS842992), near Jerah.
  Another gated farm track goes from the Sherrifmuir Road (at NS819994) past the Lossburn Reservoir, around the southern and western flanks of Menstrie Glen, finally descending past Dumyat Farm (once named Foreside of Lipney) to Cotkerse, a kilometre west of Menstrie at NS834968.
  In October 2008, Menstrie Community Council announced a proposal to make access to the glen easier and to install visitor attractions.
  
  In November 2012, UPM Tilhill (a forestry company) announced a plan for commercial forestry on the east and northern flanks of the Menstrie Burn. Communication began between Tillhill and Menstrie Community Council about adjusting the proposed forest layout to retain access for recreational uses. 
   
  The plan included an area, on Myreton Hill, of broadleaf woodland. This would be the main effect of the plan as seen from Menstrie and nearby Hillfoots villages. The conifer planting would, however, be visible from further afield.
  Following consideration of the Environmental Impact Assessment document by The Forestry Commission, planting began in the winter of 2014 - 2015.
caption: View Northwards to Menstrie Glen from near NS850947 in April 2015
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