Orchardhead
Orchardhead is a farm in Falkirk, Scotland. Orchardhead is situated nearby to the historic site Grangemouth Colliery Palace Pit No4, as well as near Grangemouth Colliery Zetland Pit No1.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 1½ miles southwest of Orchardhead.
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 1½ miles southeast of Orchardhead.
Kincardine Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Ian Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Firth of Forth from Falkirk to Kincardine, Fife, Scotland. Kincardine Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Orchardhead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skinflats and Bothkennar.
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.
Orchardhead
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.0384° or 56° 2′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.73704° or 3° 44′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C8R27Q7+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 372673671OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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