Falkirk
Falkirk is a town in the central belt of Scotland, traditionally in Stirlingshire but since 1996 a unitary authority, effectively a metropolis. It's industrial and in 2020 had a population of 35,590.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Kelpies and Callendar House.
The Kelpies
Photo: Beninjam200, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. They stand next to the M9 motorway and form the eastern gateway of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which meets the River Carron here.
Callendar House
Museum
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Callendar House is a mansion set within the grounds of Callendar Park in Falkirk, central Scotland. During the 19th century, it was redesigned and extended in the style of a French Renaissance château fused with elements of Scottish baronial architecture.
Falkirk Grahamston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Falkirk Grahamston railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and also the Cumbernauld Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polmont and Grangemouth.
Polmont
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polmont is a village five miles east of Falkirk in Stirlingshire in central Scotland. It's mainly a commuter village for Edinburgh and Stirling. Grangemouth just north is a busy port and petrochemical town, also described on this page.
Grangemouth
Town
Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grangemouth is a town in the Falkirk council area in the central belt of Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, three miles east of Falkirk, five miles west of Bo'ness and 13 miles south-east of Stirling.
Falkirk
Latitude
56° northLongitude
-3.75° or 3° 45′ westPopulation
159,000Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)Abbreviation
“FAL”Open location code
9C8R2722+22GeoNames ID
3333230
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