A circular woodland walk, ideal for young and old alike. It is suitable for wheelchair access. The length of the walk is 500 yards and, depending on the individual, should take you approximately just over an hour to complete. Ritual Grove can be found by following the signs off the A815 from Dunoon at Glenbranter near Strachur.

To help preserve bird life native to the area, you will see plenty of familiar looking bird boxes including some designed for owls. There are also bat boxes, and breeding boxes for pine martens.

At the start of the Ritual Grove walk, you will find yourself passing through strands of towering sitka spruce trees which are among the tallest conifers in North America. They were planted in 1926 and are expected to grow from 55 to 80 metres in height and have a lifespan of 700 to 800 years. At various points along the path, there are resting places to imply stop for a while and enjoy the forest views.

The surrounding Glenbranter Forest to which the Ritual Walk belongs in turn forms part of the 55,000 acre Argyll Forest Park which was accorded the status of Britain's first ever national Forest Park when it was established in 1935. Another unique feature that it holds over rival National Parks is that, due to the sea lochs striking northwards through the heart of the Cowal Peninsula, no matter where you are in the Argyll Forest Park you'll never be more than 5 miles from salt water.

Eventually the path returns to where you first started off. As an extension to the Ritual Grove Walk, you can return to the Forestry Commission Centre Car Park and undertake the nearby Broadleaves section of the Lauder Forest Walk, the latter being so named as the Glenbranter Estate was purchased by the Forestry Commission Scotland in 1921 from music hall legend, Sir Harry Lauder. Lauder's house once stood on the site of the car park where the walk begins.

As the name suggests, the Broadleaves Walk takes in an ambling route along a forest path strewn with deciduous trees such as oak, hazel, birch and beech which are characteristic of the woodland cover of the lower slopes of Scotland. This part of the Lauder Walk is 3/4 mile long and provides half an hour of pleasant walking.