It contains many small glades, characterised by alders and birch coppice, as well as wood sorrel and moss.

[2] A trail spur, the salmon leap viewpoint, is located on the glen's Riverside Walk.

[3] Construction of an onshore wind farm began in April 2009[4] and was completed in 2010, generating 38 Megawatts through 19 turbines.

[5] The Achany Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund was launched in early 2010, provided by SSE, the wind farm's developer, and managed by the Scottish Community Foundation, a registered grant-making charity.

[6] The hamlet contains Achany House, a Category B listed building dating from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.