Food and growing
Community Orchard
Volunteers care for heritage fruit trees and organise seasonal activity at Cultybraggan.
Comrie Development Trust
Community-led projects in Comrie
Comrie Development Trust is a member-led charity that owns Cultybraggan Camp and supports local projects across land, heritage, climate action, and community life.
CDT is run by its members.
Full members can vote at general meetings and elect CDT's Trustees. Active working groups organise projects around local priorities.
Income from Cultybraggan Camp and other CDT activities helps maintain community assets and support the Trust's wider work in Comrie. About CDT →
Community-owned asset
Cultybraggan Camp
In 2007, Comrie voted to buy the 90-acre former military camp. The ballot returned 97% in favour, and CDT completed the £350,000 purchase that September.
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Projects and working groups
Explore CDT's five active working groups, what each one is for and how to ask about current activity.
Community ownership in numbers
90 Nissen huts. Total Nissen huts on site
81 CDT-owned huts. Confirmed July 2026
97% Voted yes. September 2007 buyout ballot
£350k Purchase price. Community buyout 2007
Become a member
Become a member of CDT
Membership is free. People who live in Comrie can apply as full members, vote at general meetings, and elect CDT's Trustees. People who live elsewhere can apply as associate members.
566
Members at 31 March 2025
433
Full members at that date
133
Associate members at that date
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Latest news
24 July 2025
Comrie Community Orchard & Apple Day
COMRIE APPLE DAY Comrie Apple Day will be held on Sunday 19th October this year from 11am until 2pm. As usual volunteers will be crushing and juicing apples from the Community Orchard …
13 July 2025
German Consul General visits Cultybraggan
This week, Consul General Christiane Hullmann visited Cultybraggan Camp near Comrie – once a large WWII prisoner-of-war (POW) camp that was built to hold up to 4,000 German POWs
16 May 2025
Self-Catering at Cultybraggan Camp
Inside, Huts 34–38 have been completely transformed with spacious open-plan living rooms, fully-equipped kitchens and dining spaces, full of natural light.
