California
California is a former pit village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies between Shieldhill and Avonbridge on the uplands which form the southern edge of the council area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: peter henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 830 residents
- Description: village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “California, Falkirk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HMP/YOI Polmont and Callendar House.
HMP/YOI Polmont
Prison
His Majesty's Young Offenders Institution Polmont is the largest young offender's institution in Scotland. It is located in the village of Reddingmuirhead.
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. Callendar House is situated 2 miles north of California.
Westquarter Dovecot, Dovecot Road, Redding, Falkirk
Historic building
Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westquarter Dovecot, Dovecot Road, Redding, Falkirk is a historic building, which is situated 1½ miles north of California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shieldhill and Wallacestone.
Shieldhill
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shieldhill is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. The village is two miles southeast of Falkirk, 2+1⁄2 miles southwest of Polmont and 1⁄2 mile north of California.
Wallacestone
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wallacestone is a village in the area of Falkirk, central Scotland. It lies 1.5 miles south-west of Polmont, 2.5 miles south-east of Falkirk and 1.0 mile north-east of California.
Reddingmuirhead
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reddingmuirhead is a village located in Stirlingshire, Falkirk council area, Central Scotland. A few hundred yards uphill from the village of Redding, it is between Shieldhill and Brightons.
California
- Category: locality
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9655° or 55° 57′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.7509° or 3° 45′ 3″ westPopulation
830Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
9C7RX68X+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 11964312866OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11592124Wikidata ID
Q5020173
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“California” goes by many names.
- Basque: “California”
- Dutch: “California”
- French: “California (Falkirk)”
- French: “California”
- Irish: “Calafornaidh”
- Lithuanian: “Kalifornija”
- Spanish: “California”
- Swedish: “California, Skottland”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burnside Community Woodland and Blackbraes & Shieldhill Parish Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “California”. Photo: peter henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.