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Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle, located in , is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in . The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation.
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  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Stirling, Scotland, UK
  • Address: Castle Esplanade, FK8 1EJ
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum and Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle.

Museum
Photo: Janfrie1988, Public domain.
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is a light infantry company and was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until amalgamation into the Royal Regiment of Scotland on 28 March 2006.

Church
Photo: Uriah Welcome, CC BY 2.0.
is a church.

Building
Photo: Janfrie1988, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raploch and Stirling.

Suburb
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, known locally as The or The Raptap, is a district of the city of , which lies to the south of the in central .

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the central lowlands of Scotland, and historically the county town of . For centuries this was the main route between the Highlands and the Lowlands, guarded by the castle on its battleship of a crag, and with the River Forth sweeping round as a moat.

Suburb
Photo: Greg Morss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, known locally as The , is a district of the city of on the North Bank of the in central .

Stirling Castle

Latitude
56.12408° or 56° 7′ 27″ north
Longitude
-3.94792° or 3° 56′ 53″ west
Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)
Open location code
9C8R43F2+JR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 100542995
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
12041967
Wiki­data ID
Q756268
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Stirling Castle” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Stirling-kasteel”
  • Arabic: “قلعة ستيرلينغ”
  • Armenian: “Ստիրլինգ ամրոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sterlinq qalası”
  • Basque: “Stirling gaztelua”
  • Basque: “Stirlingeko gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Стэрлінг”
  • Breton: “Kastell Sruighlea”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Stirling”
  • Chinese: “史特靈城堡”
  • Chinese: “斯德零故宫”
  • Chinese: “斯特灵城堡”
  • Chinese: “斯特陵城堡”
  • Chinese: “斯特靈城堡”
  • Czech: “Stirling”
  • Danish: “Stirling Castle”
  • Dutch: “Stirling Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de Stirling”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Stirling”
  • Esperanto: “Stirling Castle”
  • Finnish: “Stirlingin linna”
  • French: “Chateau de Stirling”
  • French: “château de Stirling”
  • French: “Château de Stirling”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Stirling”
  • German: “Stirling Castle”
  • German: “Stirling-Schloss”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο του Στέρλινγκ”
  • Hebrew: “טירת סטירלינג”
  • Hindi: “स्टर्लिंग किला”
  • Hungarian: “Stirling vára”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Stirling”
  • Irish: “Caisteal Shruighlea”
  • Irish: “Caisteal Sruighlea”
  • Italian: “castello di Stirling”
  • Italian: “Castello di Stirling”
  • Italian: “Stirling castle”
  • Japanese: “スターリング城”
  • Kazakh: “Стерлинг қамалы”
  • Kazakh: “Стерлинг сарайы”
  • Korean: “스털링성”
  • Latvian: “Stērlingas pils”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stirling Castle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stirling Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Stirling Castle”
  • Persian: “دژ استرلینگ”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Stirling”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Stirling”
  • Portuguese: “Stirling Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Стерлинг”
  • Russian: “Замок Стирлинг”
  • Russian: “Стерлинг”
  • Scots: “Stirlin Castle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Shruighlea”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Sruighlea”
  • Slovenian: “grad Stirling”
  • Slovenian: “Stirling Castle”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Stirling”
  • Swedish: “Stirling Castle”
  • Thai: “Stirling Castle”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทสเตอร์ลิง”
  • Turkish: “Stirling Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Стерлінг”
  • Urdu: “اسٹرلنگ قلعہ”
  • Urdu: “اسٹرلنگ کیسل”
  • Welsh: “Castell Stirling”

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