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Stirling University Visitors Guide 2010.Pdf CONTACT DETAILS Holidays Tel: 01786 467142 E-Mail: [email protected] VISITORS’ www.holidays.stir.ac.uk Conferences Tel: 01786 467140 Printed on recycled paper E-Mail: [email protected] Photography by Douglas Jones, John McPake, Tom Main and Renzo Mazzolini GUIDE www.conferences.stir.ac.uk The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159 2010/11 Scottish University 2009/2010 20 1 ENJOY YOUR STAY LOCAL INFORMATION DENTIST Medical Centre University of Stirling Stirling Tel: 01786 448890 DOCTORS/HOSPITAL Airthrey Park Medical Centre University of Stirling Stirling Tel: 01786 463831 Health Centre Fountain Road Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 833210 Medical Centre Viewfi eld Street Stirling Tel: 01786 472028 Stirling Royal Infi rmary Livilands Gate Stirling Tel: 01786 434000 HAIRDRESSERS Enjoy Your Stay… page 2 Capelli Fountain Road Stirling Tel: 01786 833323 Getting Here page 2-4 Frances Hunter Hairdressers Port Street Stirling Tel: 01786 470128 Shops on Campus page 4 Lumia Spa Henderson Street Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 358310 Sports & Leisure page 5-6 Rainbow Room International Barnton Street Stirling Tel: 01786 448789 Catering page 7 Campus Map page 8-9 RESTAURANTS/EATING PLACES Cottrell Building Map page 10 Chinese/Cantonese: The Imperial King Street Stirling Tel: 01786 474327 Visitor Attractions page 11-13 The Regent Upper Craigs Stirling Tel: 01786 472513 Information for Visitors page 14-17 Local Information page 18-19 Indian: Rana’s Friar’s Street Stirling Tel: 08458334243 Indian Cottage Dunbarton Road Stirling Tel: 01786 464615 Italian: WELCOME A UNIVERSITY AT THE Bologna Ristorante Mine Road Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 833617 On behalf of everyone at the University of Stirling, the HEART OF SCOTLAND Italia Nostra Baker Street Stirling Tel: 01786 473208 Commercial Operations team is delighted to welcome Stirling is at the geographic heart of Scotland – you to “the most picturesque university campus in dramatically positioned at the point where Lowland Thai: Europe”. With so much to see and do, on and off and Highland Scotland meet. A fascinating mix of old Wilawan Thai Restaurant Baker Street Stirling Tel: 01786 464837 campus, this guide offers a mere ‘snapshot’ of what and new, Stirling has a reputation as one of the most is available. Nonetheless we hope it serves as a useful attractive places to live in the UK. The city is a thriving, GENERAL: reference. We will, of course, be delighted to provide compact and welcoming community and boasts a wide L’Angevine Spittal Street Stirling Tel: 01786 446124 any additional information required, and will do all that range of commercial and cultural facilities. Stirling The Birds & Bees Easter Cornton Road Causewayhead Tel: 01786 463384 we can to make your visit a pleasant one. has excellent direct rail and road links to the rest of The Bridge Inn Old Inverallan Road Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 833335 Scotland and the UK. London and the other great Portcullis Hotel Castle Wynd Stirling Tel: 01786 472290 A UNIQUE SETTING capitals of Europe are a short hop by air from either Westerton Arms Henderson Street Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 833659 Papa Joe’s Dumbarton Road Stirling Tel: 01786 446414 The University of Stirling was the fi rst genuinely new Edinburgh or Glasgow airports, both of which are University in Scotland for over 400 years. Founded within easy reach of the city. SUPERMARKETS by Royal Charter in 1967, we retain our pioneering Morrisons Supermarkets Plc Munro Road Stirling Tel: 01786 448 231 spirit and a passion for excellence in all we do. The CONTACT DETAILS Tesco Stores Ltd Wallace Street Stirling Tel: 0845 677 9658 University is located just two miles from the centre of Holidays Sainsbury Stores Ltd Drip Road Stirling Tel: 01786 469 200 Stirling, which received city status in 2002. Set in the Tel: 01786 467142 C0-0P 12 Fountain Road Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 834 435 shadow of the Ochil Hills, the magnifi cent 310-acre E-Mail: [email protected] Marks and Spencer – Simply Food Stirling Road Dunblane Tel: 0845 302 1234 campus encompasses a loch, a golf course and the www.holidays.stir.ac.uk 18th-century Airthrey Castle. It is undoubtedly one of TOURIST INFORMATION the most attractive campuses in Europe, so a visit is Conferences Tourist Information Centre Dumbarton Road Stirling Tel: 01786 475019 strongly recommended. Tel: 01786 467140 E-Mail: [email protected] www.conferences.stir.ac.uk 2 All details contained in this guide are correct at April 2010 19 LOCAL INFORMATION GETTING HERE at the small access control booth. If the booth is ACTIVITIES GETTING HERE BY CAR manned, security staff will be able to direct you to Skiing & Snowboarding (Dry Slope) Firpark Ski Centre Tillicoultry Tel: 01259 751772 Directions for Driving to the University’s the appropriate location, and during semester, issue Ten Pin Bowling AMF Bowling, Stirling Tel: 08448 263033 Stirling Campus you with a visitor’s parking permit which you should Braehead Golf Club Cambus Alloa Tel: 01259 722078 Visitors to the University who choose to bring their car display on your windscreen whilst parked on campus. Bridge of Allan Golf Club Sunnylaw Road Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 832332 should note the following directions: During vacation periods (when there is much less Stirling Golf Club Queens Road Stirling Tel: 01786 464098 > From the East, South or West take the M9 to Junction 11. pressure on car parking spaces) visitor permits are Absolutely Scotland Outdoor Activity Centre Stirling Tel: 01786 833200 Once at the junction there is a roundabout which marks the generally not required. Nonetheless drivers are still end of the M9. From here you should take the exit for Bridge advised to call at the booth to be directed to their BANKS of Allan, follow the road through the town itself, and after particular location. If the booth is unmanned, drivers Bank of Scotland University of Stirling Campus Tel: 01786 422084 about 200 metres you will fi nd the University entrance on are advised to continue on their way paying close Bank of Scotland Port Street Stirling Tel: 01786 422001 the left. attention to on campus signage which will direct you Clydesdale Bank Murray Place Stirling Tel: 01786 451567 > to your preferred location. Royal Bank of Scotland Murray Place Stirling Tel: 01786 451708 From the North take the A9 to the same roundabout and Lloyds TSB Murray Place Stirling Tel: 01786 473764 follow the same route through Bridge of Allan as above. AA Route Planner Our Stirling Campus, located at the heart of central (NB Smaller branches are also located in Bridge of Allan) www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp Scotland, enjoys excellent public transport links and is RAC Route Planner easily accessible on foot, by bike, by bus and by train or BEAUTY SALONS www.route.rac.co.uk by most combinations of the above travel methods. Unique Beauty Therapy Sports Centre University of Stirling Tel 07809 467 982 Neroli Beauty Salon Stirling Road Dunblane Tel: 01786 821818 Visitors to the campus should note that at certain Lumia Henderson Street Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 831164 times, during semester, demand for car parking GETTING HERE BY BUS spaces may exceed supply. Visitors are strongly BUS/TRAIN STATION The University of Stirling is served by excellent bus links encouraged to use the excellent public transport links Stirling Bus Station Goosecroft Road Stirling Tel: 01786 446474 from Stirling city centre. At peak times some 19 buses to and from Stirling (see page 14). Bus Enquiries First Bus Tel: 08712 002233 per hour run from Stirling to the main University campus. National Rail Enquiries Tel: 0845 7484950 Most bus services to the campus run from either just During semester (and on occasions during vacation outside Stirling’s Rail Station or a two minute walk away, periods) vehicular access to campus is controlled by CAR HIRE in Murray Place, making it possible to enjoy an easily means of a barrier system. On entering the campus, Arnold Clark Kerse Road Stirling Tel: 01786 478686 integrated public transport journey to the campus. all drivers are therefore requested to keep to the Enterprise rent-a-car Springkerse Ind Est Stirling Tel: 01786 462666 far left hand lane (of three lanes) and to stop briefl y By bus from Stirling CHEMISTS > Unilink ‘shuttle’ service: Stirling City – University of Stirling Boots The Chemist Thistle Centre Stirling Tel: 01786 462271 – Stirling City > Tesco Pharmacy Wallace Street Stirling Tel: 01786 427400 53: Whins of Milton – University (via Stirling City Centre) > 54: Stirling - Stirling (via Cornton, Bridge of Allan, University, CINEMA Causewayhead) Vue Stirling Forthside Way Stirling Tel: 08712 240240 > Cineworld Central Retail Park Falkirk Tel: 01324 616920 54A: Stirling - Stirling (via Causewayhead, University, Bridge macrobert fi lmhouse University of Stirling Stirling Tel: 01786 466666 of Allan, Cornton) Inter City Coaches www.citylink.co.uk/timetables.html COFFEE SHOPS Allanwater Café Henderson Street Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 833060 Clive Ramsay Cafe Henderson Street Bridge of Allan Tel: 01786 831616 GETTING HERE BY TRAIN Our central location, at the very heart of Scotland, Coffee Bothy Blairmains Stirling Tel: 01259 763638 ensures that students, staff and visitors enjoy excellent Corrieri’s Alloa Road Causewayhead Tel: 01786 472089 rail services to and from the city of Stirling. Regular Crème Café Murray Place Stirling Tel: 01786 464620 services run from Edinburgh and Glasgow, which are Darnley Coffee House Bow Street Stirling Tel: 01786 474468 both key interchanges for the rest of the UK national Old Town Coffee Shop Spittal Street Stirling Tel: 01786 446469 rail network. Those travelling from the North can get to The Beech Tree Café Beech Road Dunblane Tel: 01786 823451 Stirling via Scotrail services from Inverness, Aberdeen, Victoria’s Coffee Shop King Street Stirling Tel: 01786 479867 Dundee and Perth.
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