There is currently a good demand for property in Crieff, Perthshire including flats, houses and land.

Crieff is a very pleasant market town with plenty of amenities and an interesting history. There are a number of traditional Scottish stores in Crieff. Crieff is situated 17 miles West from Perth, 24 miles from Stirling, 5 miles from Glasgow and 59 miles from Edinburgh. Crieff is in the heart of Strathearn in a very pleasant rural location. There are a good choice of restaurants and takeaways. There are pubs including The Pretoria Bar, a traditional town pub - and also Curly Coos which is a more modern smaller bar, once the foyer of Crieff's Cinema. There is a British Legion club in town. Buses run from the centre of Perth to Methven, Crieff, Comrie & St Fillans, noteable for the Four Seasons Hotel. There are also buses to nearby Stirling and also an express bus service to Oban on the west coast. Crieff has a community hospital, doctors surgeries, shops, supermarket and library. There is a large Co-op food store at the bottom of the hill leading from Town. On the way there is an excellent traditional Scottish bakers store selling Stovies and other Scottish delicacies. There is a Tourist Information Office and also an interesting Visitors Centre, where there is a permanent well presented exhibition on the Drovers Tryst cattle period. Crieff was once a marketplace for whisky. It was also a market for black cattle, walked in by Highlanders (including Rob Roy MacGregor) to be sold to Lowlanders. Crieff was also the annual gathering point for the October cattle tryst (an agreed meeting place), which drew tens of thousands of cattle from as far as Caithness and the Outer Hebrides. The cattle of these times were much slimmer and athletic than the current breeds, due to the vast distances they were driven - including as far away as Skye where the cattle swam across the water. It was a skill to keep the head cattle moving in the one direction, so the others following wouldn't stray and meander. When Britain was at war with other countries including France, there was a high demand for beef on warships at sea to feed fighting sailors. The Drovers Tryst walking festival is held in Crieff at the beginning of October, and follows part of the routes on ancient tracks taken by the drovers when they ed the cattle to market in Crieff. From the late 19th century, Crieff became a fashionable gathering place for tourists and holidaymakers, and a country retreat for wealthy businessmen from Edinburgh and Glasgow. The railway boosted the town’s popularity on its arrival in 1856. Parts of the old dismantled railway line still exist - and are clearly shown on the Ordnance survey map for the area. They make for interesting walks. Take a walk from Comrie towards Crieff and this passes alongside the hill with General Blair's monument erected in the 1800's which can be seem for miles around as a landmark. Other major landmarks include the impressive Crieff Hydro Hotel, which opened in 1868 and Morrisons Academy, an independent school founded in 1859. Nowadays the town’s major annual social event is the Crieff Highland Gathering, now in its 127th year. Other attractions include Scotlands Oldest distillery the Glenturret Distillery. Innerpeffray Library founded in 1680 on the outskirts of town is worth a visit, noted as Scotland’s first free public lending library. There are also golf courses, hotels, and a range of sports and leisure facilities. Scot’s poet William McGonagall once wrote about the town “Ye lovers of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice, and visit the ancient town of Crieff.” There are all types of housing in the town, currently with traditional one and two-bedroom flats selling from £60,000, three-bedroom terraced properties in the region of £100,000. modern three-bedroom detached homes from £160,000 to £170,000, four and five-bedroom homes in the region of £300,000. Larger, detached houses are priced from £400,000.

Crieff is a very pleasant market town situated approximately 17 miles to the west of Perth. There is a regular bus service to Perth, Stirling and also an express bus service to Oban on the west coast. Gleneagles is not far away.

There is currently a good demand for property in Crieff, Perthshire including flats, houses and land.

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