We were approached by the National Trust for Scotland, and asked to build a Treehouse and adventure zoned activities at one of their castles in Banchory, outside Aberdeen. 

Crathes castle is a magnificent 16th-century tower house standing on an estate granted to the Burnett family in 1323 by King Robert the Bruce.

This project is due to be completed in time for the beginning of the new season, and will include a Tree house & Access bridge, Treetop walk, Aerial trekking and Adrenaline activities such as Zip Wires and Parachute descender’s.

We believe that this would be the largest tree house in the world and able to easily cater for upwards 100 visitors at any one time.  The tree house will sit approx. thirty feet in the air, with a rough diameter of 60 feet (including the promenade), which is huge in tree house terms and would be accessed via a 40m rope bridge extending from the main castle.

Great pains have been taken in the selection of sympathetic materials and where steel is used out of necessity, it will be clad in wood belying its origin.  The Tree House will weather beautifully, turning a silvery colour over the months and years.

The rope bridge would link the castle to the tree house, which is the hub of the tree top course.  This would entice participants into the tree house and on then to the tree top walk or aerial trekking course.

The Treetop Walk will be a series of rope bridges radiating from the tree house that spreads out through out the wood. This will allow visitors the chance to stroll amongst the treetops. 

Please visit the Castle website for more information here

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