Old Coal Pit

Old Coal Pit is a mine in Falkirk, Scotland. Old Coal Pit is situated nearby to the house Wyndford Lock-Keeper’s Cottage, Forth and Clyde Canal, as well as near the historic site Bankier.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cumbernauld Airport and Wyndford Lock-Keeper’s Cottage, Forth and Clyde Canal.

Cumbernauld Airport

Aerodrome

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Cumbernauld Airport is a general aviation airport located 16 NM northeast of Glasgow at Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as an important reliever airport for Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh Airport.

Wyndford Lock-Keeper’s Cottage, Forth and Clyde Canal

House

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Wyndford Lock-Keeper’s Cottage, Forth and Clyde Canal is a house, which is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Old Coal Pit.

Wardpark is an industrial estate in Cumbernauld, Scotland split by the M80 motorway. The former Burroughs factory, the first factory of Cumbernauld new town, was reoccupied by OKI but was demolished to make way for Westway Retail Park, OKI having been relocated to Westfield. Wardpark is situated 1¼ miles south of Old Coal Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banknock and Kelvinhead.

Banknock

Village

Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Banknock is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. The village is 6.7 miles west-southwest of Falkirk, 3.9 miles east-northeast of Kilsyth and 3.0 miles north-northeast of Cumbernauld.

Kelvinhead

Hamlet

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Kelvinhead is a small hamlet in the vicinity of the village of Banton in Scotland. Located close to the source of the River Kelvin, it is little more than a collection of a few houses along the A803 road between Kilsyth and Banknock.