Editing Callander (section)

==Description==
The town serves as the eastern gateway to the [[Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park]], the first National Park in Scotland, and is often referred to as the "Gateway to the Highlands".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst515.html|title=Callander from The Gazetteer for Scotland|website=www.scottish-places.info}}</ref>

Dominating the town to the north are the Callander Crags, a visible part of the [[Highland Boundary Fault]], rising to {{convert|343|m|ft}} at the cairn.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/jsp/map_print.jsp?mapX=263210&mapY=708380&zoomLevel=7&isNI=&mapAction=zoomabs&isGeo=y |title=Ordnance Survey - Callander Crags |access-date=24 March 2008 |archive-date=5 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005937/http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/jsp/map_print.jsp?mapX=263210&mapY=708380&zoomLevel=7&isNI=&mapAction=zoomabs&isGeo=y |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[Ben Ledi]] ({{convert|879|m|ft|disp=comma}}) lies north-west of Callander. Popular local walks include [[Bracklinn Falls]], The Meadows, Callander Crags and the Wood Walks.<ref name="Callander and Local Area walks">{{Cite web|url=http://www.incallander.co.uk/scotland_walking.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627014848/http://www.incallander.co.uk/scotland_walking.htm|url-status=dead|title=Callander and Local Area walks|archivedate=27 June 2007}}</ref> The [[Rob Roy Way]] passes through Callander. The town sits on the [[Trossachs]] [[Bird of Prey]] Trail.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.birdofpreytrail.com/ |title=Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail |access-date=2013-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214051/http://www.birdofpreytrail.com/ |archive-date=2013-10-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The River Teith is formed from the [[confluence]] of two smaller rivers, the [[Garbh Uisge]] (River Leny) and [[Eas Gobhain]] about {{convert|1/3|mi|m|-2}} west of the bridge at Callander.
[[File:Former St. Kessog's Church, Callander, Scotland.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.6|St. Kessog's Church]]
A 19th-century Gothic church stands in the town square, named after Saint [[Kessog]], an Irish missionary who is said to have preached in the area in the sixth century. The church closed in 1985 and between 1990 and 2006 the building, after undergoing substantial interior alterations, was home to a visitor centre and audio-visual attraction telling the story of local outlaw, [[Rob Roy MacGregor]]. The church building was occupied by [[The Clanranald Trust for Scotland]] between 2015 and 2018, but it now lies empty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canmore.org.uk/site/24359|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland |work=CANMORE |title=Callander, Ancaster Square, St Kessog's Church |access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref>

Founded in 1892, [[McLaren High School]] educates pupils aged 11 to 18 from a wide catchment area extending as far as [[Killin]], [[Tyndrum]] and [[Inversnaid]].

In 2018 Callander was named Scotland's First Social Enterprise Place,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-news/callander-named-scotlands-first-social-enterprise-place|title=Callander named Scotland's first Social Enterprise Place - TFN}}</ref> due to the amount of social enterprise activity within the town. This includes Callander Community Hydro Ltd.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://incallander.co.uk/ccdt_hydro_ltd|title=CCDT Callander Community Hydro Ltd|website=incallander.co.uk}}</ref> a community owned renewable energy project which distributes funds to a variety of local projects.