Shieldhill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 2,470 residents
- Description: village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Shieldhill, Falkirk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Callendar House and Falkirk High railway station.
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 1½ miles north of Shieldhill.
Falkirk High railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Falkirk High railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and situated on the southern edge of the town, close to the Union Canal. Falkirk High railway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Shieldhill.
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 northeast of Shieldhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include California and Glen Village.
California
Village
Photo: peter henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Glen Village
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glen Village is a settlement in the Falkirk council area of Scotland, situated at the southern end of Callendar Park, and around 1 mile south of Falkirk town centre.
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.
Shieldhill
- Category: locality
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.97099° or 55° 58′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.76982° or 3° 46′ 11″ westPopulation
2,470Elevation
545 feet (166 metres)Open location code
9C7RX6CJ+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 11964312865OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11592451Wikidata ID
Q7496169
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Shieldhill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shieldhill”
- Dutch: “Shieldhill”
- French: “Shieldhill”
- German: “Shieldhill”
- Spanish: “Shieldhill”
- Swedish: “Shieldhill”
- Welsh: “Shieldhill”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Blackbraes & Shieldhill Parish Church and Mavisbank Wood.
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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 “Shieldhill”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.