Glensburgh
Glensburgh is a very small and old hamlet situated on the south bank of the River Carron, 1.1 miles north-west of Grangemouth. Originally built on farmland in 1240 as houses for farm slaves the now standing cottages date back as far as 1878.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Kelpies and Spirit of Scotland.
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.
Spirit of Scotland
Work of art
Photo: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spirit of Scotland is a work of art.
Grangemouth Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grangemouth Town Hall is a municipal structure in Bo'ness Road, Grangemouth, Scotland. The structure was the meeting place of Grangemouth Burgh Council until 1937 and remains the main events venue in the area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skinflats and Grangemouth.
Skinflats
Village
Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skinflats is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is located 1.5 miles north-west of Grangemouth, 1.1 miles east of Carronshore and 2.3 miles north-east of Falkirk.
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.
Carronshore
Village
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carronshore is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village lies in the Forth Valley, 1.7 miles north of the town of Falkirk and directly to the east of neighbouring village Carron.
Glensburgh
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.01927° or 56° 1′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.74918° or 3° 44′ 57″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C8R2792+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 29337926OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Glensburgh” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Glensburgh”
- Dutch: “Glensburgh”
- French: “Glensburgh”
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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 “Glensburgh”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.