Braco is a village in Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...

, Scotland

Scotland

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, with a population of 515 census It is located 5 miles north of Dunblane

Dunblane

Dunblane is a small cathedral city and former burgh north of Stirling in the Stirling council area of Scotland. The town is situated off the A9 road, on the way north to Perth. Its main landmark is Dunblane Cathedral and the Allan Water runs through the town centre, with the Cathedral and the High...

 towards Perth

Perth, Scotland

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 off the A9 road.
The village can also be accessed via the B8033 route which passes Ashfield and Kinbuck.

History

The ramparts and ditches of a Roman

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

 camp are still plainly visible at Ardoch Roman Fort just north of Braco.

A permanent fixture at the nearby Lodge Park is the Knaik or Knaick Bridge which dates from the 15th Century.
An interpretation board for the village and parking for the fort is also by the park entrance.

Notable residents

Famous past residents of Braco have included the founder of the Football League William McGregor, computer game designer Chris Sawyer

Chris Sawyer

Chris Sawyer is a Scottish computer game developer who is best known for designing and programming Transport Tycoon and the RollerCoaster Tycoon series.-Career:...

 and the artist Christopher John Anderson, otherwise fondly known as squeaky Chris.

Amenities

Braco is home to a village shop and outreach post office and a few garages, including a filling station.

• Ardoch Church, part of the Church of Scotland and linked with Blackford
• The former Free Church on Church Street/ Feddal Road,
• An artists' studio on Smiddy Brae which is home to Lys Hansen.
• The Frog and Thistle pub/restaurant, formerly the Braco Hotel.
• On Feddal Road there is Braco Primary School and nursery class, the village hall, playpark and a bowling green.
• There is also a recycling point, managed by Perth and Kinross Council.
• The Lodge Park is home to the annual Braco Show, an agricultural event.

Media coverage

Braco is served by four newspapers: the Strathearn Herald, the Perthshire Advertiser and the Stirling Observer. It is also covered by the Perthshire edition of the Courier, based in Dundee.
Because of its location it also receives local radio stations which cover both central Scotland and Perthshire, including Central FM and Tay AM/FM.
Braco went digital in August 2010, where analogue TV reception was switched off and now carried vai digital broadcasting.

Transport

Braco is served by buses run by Crieff Travel, linking the village with Stirling, Dunblane and Crieff and WAVE buses which connect with Kinbuck, Ashfield, Dunblane and Stirling.
The nearest train stations are south at Dunblane and north at Gleneagles.

External links

• About Braco at Perthshire-Scotland.co.uk