Large groups wishing to visit are requested to contact us by email. Kirriemuir has one of Scotland’s three remaining Camera Obscura; in 1930 Peter Pan creator J M Barrie gifted the Camera along with the cricket Pavilion in which it is housed to his home town. The Camera provides spectacular views of the surrounding Angus Glens and countryside. A camera obscura is a device that uses lenses and mirr
ors to project an image that enters via a hole at roof level downwards onto a circular screen housed in a darkened room in the roof space of the building. The device can be rotated, so the view projected onto the screen can take in a complete 360 degree panorama. The Hill of Kirriemuir offers magnificent views north to the Angus Glens and the southern edge of the Cairngorms, and this is a fitting location for what at the time would have been considered a great novelty. Kirriemuir Regeneration Group was formed in 2015 and took over the management of this well-loved, and very rare, attraction – it’s one of only three in Scotland - when it was threatened with closure. We also have Cafe Obscura in the Barrie Pavilion, serving freshly ground coffee (from Sacred Grounds in Arbroath), teas, filled rolls scones, cakes, soft drinks, sweets, ice creams etc. We have a small selection of locally produced souvenirs on sale too. The Camera and Cafe are managed and staffed by volunteers from Kirriemuir Regeneration Group.
