Kirriemuir Regeneration Group

Kirriemuir Regeneration Group (KRG) are a community group which was established in 2015 when Kirriemuir’s Camera Obscura was under threat of closure when the National Trust for Scotland handed it, and the Barrie Pavilion on Kirrie Hill in which it is housed, back to Angus Council.

The Group, which consists totally of local volunteers, have successfully been managing and operating the Camera Obscura between Easter and October every year since 2015 – with the exception of 2020 when, like most other visitor attractions it remained closed due to the national restrictions.

With that exception, the Group has gone from strength to strength and now operate and manage Café Obscura on the ground floor the Barrie Pavilion serving freshly ground coffee from Sacred Grounds in Arbroath along with teas, cold drinks, snacks, scones and cakes.

There are various items given by the Cricket Club as well as  souvenirs and photos of the original opening day in 1930 along with a recently donated painting of ‘Barrie and Cricket’

The Group also ‘adopted’ the volunteers who had been looking after Kirrie Den  and the Den Group are now under the KRG umbrella.

KRG  look after the public toilets on Kirrie Hill and in Kirrie Den and members of the Group are also involved with many of the other Groups within Kirriemuir.

The Camera Obscura admission is by donation and all donations and profits from Café Obscura go back to the community in the form of donations to various  projects, groups etc