Gartur Wood
Gartur Wood is a forest in Stirling, Scotland. Gartur Wood is situated nearby to the village Cambusbarron, as well as near the suburb Torbrex Village.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stirling Castle and Gillies Hill.
Stirling Castle
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Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation.
Gillies Hill
Peak
Photo: Peigimccann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillies Hill is located west of Stirling and the M9, south of Cambusbarron, and north of the Bannock Burn in Central Scotland. Gillies Hill covers a 140 hectares crag and tail which rises from a height of 79 metres at the Bannock Burn Bridge near Sauchie Craig to an elevation of 162 m at a point which overlooks the former quarrying operation to the west and Stirling Castle to the east.
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Museum
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Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, formerly the Smith Institute, is an art and local history museum in Stirling, Scotland. The museum was founded in 1874 at the bequest of artist Thomas Stuart Smith.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stirling and Bridge of Allan.
Stirling
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stirling is a city in the central lowlands of Scotland, and historically the county town of Stirlingshire. For centuries this was the main route between the Highlands and the Lowlands, guarded by the castle on its battleship of a crag, and with the River Forth sweeping round as a moat.
Bridge of Allan
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Bridge of Allan is a small Victorian Spa town in Stirlingshire in central Scotland, with a population of 5250 in 2021. Nestled beneath the iconic Wallace Monument, it's part of the city of Stirling.
Bannockburn
Town
Photo: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bannockburn is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland. It is part of the City of Stirling. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing into the River Forth.
Gartur Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.1036° or 56° 6′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.9899° or 3° 59′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C8R4236+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 925968359OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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