Gartmore is a charming Conservation village with a real sense of community. Gartmore has its own Community Village Shop & Post Office, well used village hall and Primary School. There is also the famous Black Bull Hotel & Public Bar and of course Gartmore House (which was built in the early 18th century and enlarged in 1779-80 to a design by John Baxter). Gartmore also boasts its now 'famous' Gartmore Amateur Dramatic Group.
Gartmore was built in the 18th century as a planned village on the Gartmore Estate (its last owner was the noted writer, politician and first President of the Scottish National Party, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936). To the north of the village you can find the ruins of Gartmore House's predecessor, Gartartan Castle, a 16th-century Z-plan tower.
Gartmore is set in a picturesque setting on the edge of the magnificent Queen Elizabeth Forest Park and is great as a base or stop over for your Trossachs break. Nearby is the Forestry Commissions Cobleland Camp Site and the Ward Toll Nursery with its conservatory restaurant.
