Throsk
Throsk is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It lies on the A905 road east of Fallin close to the River Forth. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the population as 231.Photo: Gareth Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tullibody Inch and Alloa Inch.
Tullibody Inch
Islet
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullibody Inch is an islet in the estuarine waters of the River Forth. It takes its name from the nearby town of Tullibody, "inch" being from the Scottish Gaelic innis meaning "island" or "meadow".
Alloa Inch
Island
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Inch or Alloa Inch is an island in the tidal reaches of the River Forth near Alloa, just before the river opens out into the Firth of Forth. There is a derelict farmhouse on the island, as the land was farmed in the past.
The Gothenburg
Pub
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The Gothenburg, or simply The Goth, is a community-run pub in the former mining village of Fallin, near Stirling, Scotland. Founded in 1910, it is one of the few remaining pubs in Scotland still run under the Gothenburg system, with at least 95% of the profits donated to community causes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fallin and South Alloa.
Fallin
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fallin is a former pit village in Central Stirling, in the county of Stirlingshire. It was on the site of the Polmaise Colliery 3&4, and both of the names Polmaise and Fallin were commonly used.
South Alloa
Village
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Alloa is a small village which lies in the far north of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is on the south bank of the River Forth where the river empties and widens to form the Firth of Forth.
Cowie
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowie is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. Historically part of Stirlingshire, it lies on the minor B9124 road approximately 4 miles southeast of Stirling and about 1 mile north of the A9 road.
Throsk
- Type: Village with 160 residents
- Description: village in Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.09918° or 56° 5′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.84602° or 3° 50′ 46″ westPopulation
160Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C8R35X3+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5282356379OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263101Wikidata ID
Q7798375
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Throsk” goes by many names.
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