Birnam, is a village near Dunkeld, the location of Great Birnam Wood in Shakespeare's Macbeth, it is also the village that Beatrix Potter visited to get inspiration for her characters.  Each year around 300,000 visitors go to Birnam, Perthshire to see where Beatrix dreamed up her popular characters.

Few people realise the importance and influence of Scotland on Beatrix Potter's life. As a child Beatrix and her family enjoyed long summer holidays in the Birnam area of Perthshire. Staying in the countryside, away from the more formal life they led in London, Beatrix and her young brother, Bertram, were able to study the local wildlife. It was from Eastwood, Dunkeld, in 1893 that Beatrix wrote the now famous picture letter to Noel Moore which was later to become The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The following day she wrote a letter to Noel’s brother, Eric, about a frog called Jeremy Fisher. People she had met there on holiday inspired the loveable characters of Mrs. Tiggy-winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher.

Beatrix Potter is renowned not only as an author and illustrator, but also as an eminent scientist. During her time in the Birnam area she met and formed a special friendship with Charles McIntosh - the Perthshire Naturalist - sharing a mutual interest in fungi and wildlife.

Birnam also hosts the Birnam Institute:
The Birnam Institute houses a wonderful exhibition telling the tale of this 'Fascinating Acquaintance', and the nearby Beatrix Potter Garden magically recreates the lovely countryside which so impressed the young Beatrix Potter and features flowers, fungi and characters associated with her relationship with the area. Footpaths lead past the houses of Mr. Tod and Mrs. Tiggy-winkle , alongside the stream and pond where Mr. Jeremy Fisher lives and 'Peter Rabbit's burrow'. :
 

Ewan McGregor is to star along side Renee Zellweger in a film of the author Beatrix Potter which should be sure to boost tourist in and around Birnam Perthshire. If you looking for accommodation in Birnam it is going to be a busy place once the film has been launched, Beatrix Potter has a very large following in Japan and Visit Scotland expect a large increase in tourist around Birnam due to the Beatrix Potter film.

Birnam has a permanent exhibition and themed gardens.

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