Torwood Castle
Torwood Castle is a ruined 16th-century L-plan castle near the village of Torwood, in the Falkirk Council area of central Scotland. It was designated as a Category A listed building in 1979.Photo: Nigel J C Turnbull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forth Valley Royal Hospital and Larbert railway station.
Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Forth Valley Royal Hospital is a hospital located in Larbert, Scotland. With 860 inpatient beds, 25 wards, and 16 operating theatres, it was Scotland's largest ever NHS construction project at the time but has been surpassed by the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital amongst others. Forth Valley Royal Hospital is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Torwood Castle.
Larbert railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Larbert railway station is a railway station serving Larbert near Falkirk, Scotland. Larbert railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Torwood Castle.
Plean Castle
Castle
Photo: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plean Tower, also known as Cock-a-bendy Castle, Mengie Castle, Menzies Castle and Plane Castle, is located around 1 mile from Plean, in Stirling, central Scotland. Plean Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Torwood Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torwood and Denny.
Torwood
Village
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torwood is a small village located 2 miles north-northwest of Larbert, 4 miles north-west of Falkirk and 6 miles south-southeast of Stirling. Torwood lies within the Falkirk Council area of Scotland.
Denny
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denny is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. Historically in Stirlingshire, it is situated 7 miles west of Falkirk, and 6 miles northeast of Cumbernauld, adjacent to both the M80 and M876 motorways. Denny is situated 2 miles southwest of Torwood Castle.
Plean
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plean is a village, in the Stirling council area of central Scotland, located on the main A9 road from Falkirk. At the 2001 census, Plean had a population of 1,740. Plean has some historic buildings, some council houses and an estate. Plean is situated 2 miles north of Torwood Castle.
Torwood Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in Falkirk, Scotland, UK
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.03804° or 56° 2′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.86995° or 3° 52′ 12″ westOperator
Torwood Castle TrustOpen location code
9C8R24QJ+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 193401715OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7827471
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Torwood Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Torwood Castle”
- Turkish: “Torwood Kalesi”
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Highlights include Glenbervie Trout Fishery and Tor Wood.
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