Grangemouth Colliery Towncroft Pit No5

Grangemouth Colliery Towncroft Pit No5 is a historic site in Falkirk, Scotland. Grangemouth Colliery Towncroft Pit No5 is situated nearby to the playground Skinflats, as well as near the health club Tune Up Fitness.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Kelpies and Grangemouth Town Hall.

The Kelpies

Photo: Steven Straiton, CC BY 2.0.

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. The Kelpies is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Grangemouth Colliery Towncroft Pit No5.

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. Grangemouth Town Hall is situated 1 mile southeast of Grangemouth Colliery Towncroft Pit No5.

Falkirk Grahamston railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Falkirk Grahamston railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Falkirk in Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and also the Cumbernauld Line. Falkirk Grahamston railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Grangemouth Colliery Towncroft Pit No5.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skinflats and Glensburgh.

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.

Glensburgh

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.