strathallan

{{Short description|Strath of the Allan Water in Scotland}}

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Strathallan is the strath of the Allan Water in Scotland.{{cite web |title=Strathallan:Overview |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst3805.html |website=Gazetteer for Scotland}} The strath stretches south west and south from Auchterarder in Perth & Kinross through Blackford, Dunblane, Bridge of Allan and on to Stirling.

Strathallan is also the name for one of the wards in the Perth and Kinross Council area.{{cite web |title=Ward 7 -Strathallan Local Government ElectionProfile2017 |url=https://www.pkc.gov.uk/media/14345/Ward-7-Strathallan/pdf/Strathallan.pdf |website=Perth and Kinross Council}}

In 2015 and 2016 Strathallan Castle, traditional seat of the Viscount Strathallan,{{cite web |title=Strathallan Castle |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurehistory5178.html |website=Gazetteer for Scotland}} hosted the T in the Park music festival,{{cite news |title=T in the Park set to quit Strathallan as organisers plot new event in Glasgow |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/t-park-set-quit-strathallan-organisers-plot-new-event-glasgow-610521 |work=The Scotsman |date=29 November 2016|access-date=4 June 2021}} which was forced to move from its previous site at Balado airfield due to safety concerns.

The main A9 road from central Scotland to the north of the country runs the length of Strathallan, as does the former Caledonian Railway line from Stirling to Perth and beyond.

Strathallan School, a private boarding and day school, was originally located in Bridge of Allan but relocated away from the area to Forgandenny, Perth, in 1920.

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Category:Valleys of Perth and Kinross

Category:Valleys of Stirling (council area)

Category:T in the Park

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