Active Travel Plan
Drymen’s Active Travel Action Plan was produced in 2021 by Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Countryside Trust, working with Drymen Community Development Trust. It is based on 116 survey responses from the local community, alongside input from a number of active travel stakeholders in the area.
The aim of the plan is to summarise the views of the local community with respect to active travel (walking and cycling) and to provide a set of recommendations and actions that can be used by the community to contribute to making Drymen cycling and walking friendly. The plan is designed to offer practical and achievable steps that can be taken by community groups, schools, or individuals to overcome barriers to improved cycling and walking and make Drymen a better place to live, work or visit.
Since that publication the village now has the Cycling Friendly Silver Award for our recent work trying to make the village more cycle friendly.
Cycling and walking are important activities for our local community and Drymen is also a popular destination for visiting cyclists and walkers exploring the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.
Drymen sits at a key point on the National Cycle Network’s Lochs and Glens North route (NCN7), a part of Eurovelo 1, and is a key access point to East Loch Lomond. The West Highland Way (WHW), which passes through Drymen, was Scotland's first long distance walking route and remains by far the most popular. The Rob Roy Way (RRW), which starts in Drymen, is a 128km walk linking with Pitlochry in Perthshire.
As well as these longer routes, there are many shorter walks and rides around Drymen to suit all abilities.
DCDT is committed to making Drymen a bike and walk friendly village. As part of this commitment, we aim to:
Make it as easy as possible for everyone in the community to make local journeys on foot or by bike.
Provide information on local walks and cycle rides in the area.
Campaign for improved pedestrian and cycle infrastructure to promote safe journeys, particularly to nearby villages.
Provide bike maintenance sessions to help cyclists keep their bikes in good working order.
Provide secure and convenient bike parking in the centre of the village.
Provide facilities such as e-bike charging and water refills for visiting cyclists (provided through the Village Hub).
Provide access to an e-bike loan scheme.
Support led walks (see Walk In the Park) and rides in the local area.
Promote Drymen as a destination on the WHW, RRW and NCN7 long distance walking and cycling routes.
Read more about cycling routes around Drymen on our Cycling page.
For more information, please download (link below) the Drymen Active Travel Action Plan, developed with Loch Lomond and The Trossachs Countryside Trust.