With a population of over 6000, Crieff is the second largest town in Perthshire.  Since Victorian times Crieff has been a magnet for visitors to Scotland.

At the centre of Crieff you'll find James Square, which was laid by James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth in 1731 as part of his drive to build textile factories in Crieff. 

In 1902, Crieff received another gift from another benefactor James Macrosty: Macrosty Park.  Today the park boasts a mature collection of specimien trees.  With the Turret Burn gurgling though the trees and a victorian bandstand, the park is one of the most majestic in Scotland.  The park also features an array of play equipment for children and picnic tables, making the park an ideal summertime retreat for the whole family.

Crieff is a historic town and is first recorded in the twelfth century.  Crieff itself is derived from the Gaelic craobh meaning among the trees.  Documents from this time are scarce, but it is known that the town had it's first mill by 1444.  However the powerful clan families fought each other for along time culimating in the mass burning of the Murray in a church by the Drummond and Campbells in 1511.

As with many scottish towns, growth was faster once roads were built making the town an important hub of the local area.  The road arrived from the south around 1650 and streached north over the next ten years. With the roads came an important cattle markets called Tryst and by 1723 upto 30,000 cattle were being sold at the market.

Around 1730 the roads were upgraded and expanded by the military, and shortly afterwared James Drummond built textile factories in Crieff.

During Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebellion in 1746 he held council at the Drummond Arms Hotel just before his defeat at Culloden.  As a response to Drummond actions all the Drummond estates where forfit to the crown.  The town was expanded along the industries of tannning and bleaching.  This included paper, cotten and other textiles all of which were being produced by 1786.  Indeed such was the level of the textile indiustry that a Weavers Hall was errected in 1786.

In 1856 the railway reached Crieff and the Hydro Hotel was built, which lead to the victorians making Crieff a holiday resort.

In 1922, electricity arrived and 1951 saw the end of the Tryst cattle markets.  With the advent of personal transport the railways closed completely by 1964.