The Pineapple

Bizarre fruit-inspired building set within a woodland full of wildlife

Planning Your Visit

Facilities & access

3G/4G coverage

Accessible parking

An all-ability path leads from the car park to the pond viewing platform.

Dogs welcome

Parking is free for members of the National Trust for Scotland.

Limited car parking is available – please take care on the access road.

Pack a picnic – there are several lovely al fresco eating spots.

After admiring the sheer eccentricity of the folly and its many architectural delights, take a walk in the walled garden, where an orchard of crab apple trees has been planted, and then head into the surrounding woodland.

Enjoy a peaceful stroll around the pond and onto the viewing platform, where you may catch a glimpse of the rare great crested newt as well as palmate newts and common frogs.

An all-ability path leads from the car park to the pond viewing platform.