Blairgowrie Golf Club is around the corner from Heathpark House. It’s home to the renowned championship courses of Rosemount and Lansdowne, plus a 9-hole course, set in heather lined avenues of pine and silver birch. As a guest of Heathpark House, you can get a discount on in-seasons rounds at the club. (3 mins)

The centre has something for everyone: the 18-hole Rannaleroch Course and the 9-hole Leitfie Links, 10 bay covered golf range, a golf academy and friendly clubhouse. As well as the other courses on this page, there are three at Alyth (12 mins), one in Dunkeld (20 mins), and a number around Perth (25 mins).

Perth Racecourse is the northernmost track in Britain, set in the parkland of Scone Palace. There has been racing in Perth since 1613, but the current ten-furlong National Hunt track opened in 1908. In normal years, they open 365 days and play host to over 120 events, including the Highlands National. See the calendar on their website. (30 mins)

There’s local fishing on the Ericht and fisheries including Ledcrieff & Laird’s Trout Fishery and Ledyatt Trout Fishery. Book hourly to multi-day packages. (5, 13 and 16 mins)

The game has been played here since the 15th Century. There are seven public courses, including the Old Course, considered one of the finest in the world. (55 mins)

We’re close to a Bristch, European and World Championship sprint racing team of Siberian Huskies, who take bookings for runs around their beautiful 220 acre estate. (11 mins)

The outdoor centre provides guidance in all mountaineering, from navigation, hill walking and rock climbing, to winter mountaineering and ice climbing. (34 mins)

The largest skiing resort in the UK, Glenshee covers an area of more than 2,000 acres, across four mountains and three valleys, with 36 runs and 21 lifts and tows. (40 mins)

Try anything from canyoning, white water rafting, river tubing and gorge walking in the Cairngorms to quad biking, clay pigeon shooting, paintball and bungee jumping (35 mins)

One of the venues in the Open Championship rotation, there are four courses: a championship course, Burnside, Budden Links, and a free five-hole course. (50 mins)

There are four courses at Gleneagles, three that hold championship status. It’s home to the PGA National Golf Academy and a site for shooting and fishing. (47 mins)