Finnich Glen and The Devil’s Pulpit.|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Did you know that not too far from Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland is a beautiful moss covered, 100ft deep gorge, through which flows an almost ruby coloured river?
This magic location, known both as Finnich Glen and the Devil’s Pulpit (more on that soon), appeared in TV’s Outlander (as the location for Liar’s Spring), and also in the 2019 Detective Pikachu movie.
It’s not well signposted, however, if you make the effort, it is a hugely rewarding spot for both photography and nature lovers.
So how do you find Finnich Glen, and the Devil’s Pulpit which lies within? In this post I’m going to tell you everything you need to know to
help you find the Devil’s Pulpit in Finnich Glen, including where to park, how to get down into the gorge itself, photography gear to bring, and tips on taking pictures at Finnich Glen.
Finnich Glen in Stirlingshire, is a short, steep glen up to 70 ft deep which runs east from Finnich Bridge on the A809. It was carved from the red sandstone by the Carnock Burn.
It features a circular rock known as the Devil's Pulpit and a steep staircase known as the Devil's Steps, built around 1860.
Following its use to depict the fictional St Ninian's Spring in the time-traveling romance TV series Outlander in 2014, the site has seen an explosion in tourism, with an estimated 70,000 visitors now coming to the site each year. This has caused stress on both the location itself, and to tourists and local officials, as visitors have trampled fences to access the site and then scrambled down the crumbing, broken 200-year-old stone steps used to access the bed of the gorge, damaging the site and on numerous occasions requiring mountain rescue teams to be dispatched to the gorge for rescues. There being no parking facilities, the large influx of tourists have additionally left large numbers of vehicles parked along the side of the adjacent narrow rural road, blocking access for local residents and first responders. Under a £2 million development plan, landowner David Young has proposed to develop the site as a tourist attraction, including a visitor centre and restaurant, toilets, a 150-spot parking lot, formal "footpaths, viewing platforms and bridges above the gorge, and a new wood-and-metal staircase". The plan requires approval from the local council.
Finnich Glen in Stirlingshire, is a short, steep glen up to 70 ft deep which runs east from Finnich Bridge on the A809. It was carved from the red sandstone by the Carnock Burn.
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It's an amazing place. Love seeing your dog in the videos. Brave too considering how cold the water must be! Thanks for this. Very much enjoyed it.