Westquarter Glen
Westquarter Glen is a forest in Falkirk, Scotland. Westquarter Glen is situated nearby to the quarter Overton, as well as near the village Laurieston.Places of Interest
Highlights include Callendar House and The Kelpies.
Callendar House
Museum
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Callendar House is a mansion set within the grounds of Callendar Park in Falkirk, central Scotland. During the 19th century, it was redesigned and extended in the style of a French Renaissance château fused with elements of Scottish baronial architecture.
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.
Polmont railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Polmont railway station is a railway station serving the village of Polmont, Scotland as well as the other Falkirk Braes villages. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by ScotRail services from Edinburgh to Stirling and Dunblane.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polmont and Grangemouth.
Polmont
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polmont is a village five miles east of Falkirk in Stirlingshire in central Scotland. It's mainly a commuter village for Edinburgh and Stirling. Grangemouth just north is a busy port and petrochemical town, also described on this page.
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.
Brightons
Village
Brightons is a village in the east of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is 2.7 miles south-east of Falkirk, 2.2 miles south of Grangemouth and 4.6 miles west of Linlithgow.
Westquarter Glen
- Type: Forest
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9909° or 55° 59′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.7457° or 3° 44′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C7RX7R3+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 334943002OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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