Bridge of Allan

Bridge of Allan is a small Victorian Spa town in Stirlingshire in central Scotland, with a population of 5250 in 2021. Nestled beneath the iconic Wallace Monument, it's part of the city of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bridge of Allan railway station and HM Prison Stirling.

Railway station
is a railway station located in the town of Bridge of Allan, north of , . It lies between and on the Highland Main Line, Glasgow–Aberdeen line and Edinburgh–Dunblane line.

Prison
HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Stirling is a prison facility in , Scotland, intended to replace HMP Cornton Vale. Opened in 2023, it is Scotland's primary facility for incarcerated women and is designed to offer improved treatment for women…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunblane and Stirling.

is a market and commuter town, with a population of 9410 in 2016. It's nowadays regarded as part of the city of in Stirlingshire, although historically it was in Perthshire.

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
, known locally as The , is a district of the city of on the North Bank of the in central .

Bridge of Allan

Latitude
56.155° or 56° 9′ 18″ north
Longitude
-3.9481° or 3° 56′ 53″ west
Population
4,930
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BGA
Open location code
9C8R5342+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29345752
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2654747
Wiki­data ID
Q187892
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bridge of Allan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جسر ألن
  • Asturian: Bridge of Allan
  • Basque: Bridge of Allan
  • Catalan: Bridge of Allan
  • Cebuano: Bridge of Allan
  • Chinese: 亚伦桥
  • Chinese: 布里哲夫亚伦
  • Dutch: Bridge of Allan
  • Egyptian Arabic: جسر الن
  • French: Bridge of Allan
  • Galician: Bridge of Allan
  • German: Bridge of Allan
  • Hebrew: בריג אלן
  • Irish: Drochaid Ailein
  • Irish: Drochaid Alain
  • Italian: Bridge of Allan
  • Persian: بریج آو الن
  • Polish: Bridge of Allan
  • Scots: Brig Allan
  • Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Ailein
  • Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Alain
  • Spanish: Bridge of Allan
  • Swedish: Bridge of Allan
  • Welsh: Bridge of Allan
  • Bridge of Allan
  • Drochaid Ailein

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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 Wikivoyage page “Bridge of Allan”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.