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www.visitfalkirk.com WELCOME to , Scotland! The Falkirk area sits at the very heart of Scotland, midway between and with excellent motorway and rail links and two international airports close by. Transforming the Scottish landscape are two of the world’s most unique attractions: • The • in Helix Park PLUS the John Muir Way is opening in April 2014, the Falkirk area has a significant section of this walk which links Dunbar to the waters of the Clyde in Helensburgh. Falkirk also has a great range of further attractions including The Historic Callendar House, The Antonine Wall (a World Heritage Site), The Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, Blackness Castle, Kineill House plus numerous heritage monuments and family friendly attractions. Many of our attractions are listed overleaf or for more information go to www. visitfalkirk.com or follow us on Facebook The Helix Something fantastic is happening in Central Scotland! The Helix has transformed 350 hectares in Falkirk into a brand new recreational green space & visitor attraction, including lagoon, wetlands, splash play area, trails & outdoor event space. The jewel within this project,The Kelpies, stand 30 metres tall, & are the world’s largest equine sculptures. Towering over the Forth & Clyde canal, they form a dramatic gateway to the canal entrance on the East Coast of Scotland. Visitors will soon experience a tour inside The Kelpies and hear all about their origin & inspiration. The Kelpie visitor centre & gift shop opens in 2014. The Falkirk Wheel Scotland’s most exciting example of 21st century engineering, The Falkirk Wheel, is the World’s first rotating boatlift & eye– catching working sculpture which links the Forth & Clyde Canal with the . A visitor centre, boat trips, play areas and over 100 acres of woodlands plus regular events and activities complement this unique attraction. Blackness Castle Bringing History to Life The Falkirk area is rich in history, with World Heritage Site the Antonine Wall, Callendar House, the Faw Kirk graveyard, Kinneil House and Blackness Castle all highlighting the area’s heritage over 2000 years. Callendar House is one of Scotland’s finest baronial mansions, built in the style of a French Chateau. The working Georgian Kitchen features costumed interpreters and the house itself has connections to great historical figures such as Mary Queen of Scots, Oliver Cromwell and Bonnie Prince Charlie. Within the house is the Park Gallery which hosts contemporary exhibitions.

Callendar House Falkirk Town Centre About Town Falkirk is a historic town centre with a traditional high street and conservation area. Enjoy the many speciality shops and the town heritage trail alongside the convenience of major high street brands. The Steeple is a notable landmark on the High Street dating back to 1814. Overlooking the High Street is Falkirk Old and St Modan’s Parish Church, known as the ‘Faw Kirk’ from which Falkirk is believed to take its name. The graveyard contains memorials and graves from the Battle of Falkirk including those of William Wallace’s companions. A fine selection of coffee shops, pubs, bars and restaurants will keep you refreshed by day and night while Falkirk Town Hall will entertain you with its programme of comedy, drama, music and family orientated events. To Perth & To Perth & the Highlands St Andrews

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Where to Stay M74 0 5 10 15 To Carlisle Kilometres A warmScale: welcome0 awaits5 10 & the South Miles you at a wide choice of hotels, guest houses and B&Bs, including over 600 Visit Scotland quality assured rooms. With something to suit every taste and pocket, you’ll also find some beautifully situated and well-appointed self- catering houses, cottages and chalets in the area. Search for accommodation at www.visitfalkirk.com or www.visitscotland.com

How to Get Here

Car from Carlisle and the South, take Air Edinburgh Airport (19 miles), the M6, M74, M73 and join the M80 from Glasgow Airport (33 miles) and Glasgow. From Edinburgh take the M9. Prestwick Airport (56 miles)

Train Direct services from London, Local public transport Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness. www.travelinescotland.com, Tel. 0871 200 22 33 (24 hours)

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Bonnie Bo’ness Bo’ness is a beautiful historic town nestled on the Firth of Forth with lovely views of the Ochil Hills and the Forth road and rail bridges. With impressive architecture, it boasts many interesting buildings, including the pre-art deco Hippodrome Cinema which screens an interesting mix of the latest releases, classics and silent films. The Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway takes you back to the days of steam power with a leisurely ride along the Firth of Forth. Bo’ness Station hosts memorabilia of 100 years of railways in its Museum of Scottish Railways and numerous special events are held throughout the year including visits from Thomas the Tank engine. The Antonine Wall originally stretched 37 miles from Bo’ness to the Firth of Clyde. Today, you can see a replica Roman distance marker at Kinnigars Park and you can find out more about the Roman occupation at Kinneil Museum. Kinneil House and Estate has a fascinating history and many sites of interest including a Roman fort and the inventor James Watt’s cottage. Bo’ness Motor Museum houses a collection of vehicles from TV and film, from James Bond to Harry Potter. Blackness Castle, a short drive from Bo’ness, is a 15th century structure right on the River Forth, known as the ship that never sailed. The Dunmore Pineapple

Activities & Events What’s On To keep up date with the There are a great range of activities within many events and festivals the Falkirk area Xtreme Karting at Larbet offer happening within the Falkirk a 5 star indoor karting experience whilst the area keep checking our Mariner Leisure Centre has a tropical wave Events Listing on www. pool with slides and chutes, Polmonthill Ski visitfalkirk.com, check Centre offers ski-ing and snowboarding, out www.mifalkirk.co.uk Callendar Estate Cycle Trails provide 19 km of or follow Visit Falkirk on single track cycle trails, graded from beginner Facebook to advanced providing something for every one. For a day out with the kids Falkirk has a number of soft play centres, Wellsfield Farm Activity centre doesn’t just cater for kids but also has a Trout Farm and Equestrian Centre.

The Helix Splash Play 1 Antonine Wall 2 Avon Gorge Trail 3 Barbara 4 Blackness Castle 5 Bo’ness and 6 Bo’ness Motor Built by the Romans around (near Muiravonside) Davidson Pottery Shaped like a ship and situated on Kinneil Railway Museum AD142 as the frontier of their a promontory which juts out into Central Scotland’s steam railway Empire, the Antonine Wall is Explore 9 miles of spectacular A working pottery which has been the Forth, this 15th century castle A private collection of over 20 scenery between Avonbridge by the Firth of Forth, with a 10 vehicles ranging from a Baby Austin now a UNESCO World Heritage run by Barbara Davidson for over is known as the ship that never mile round trip calling at Kinneil and Linlithgow passing through A30 to a Grand Tourer Aston Martin. Site. Substantial lengths of this 40 years. There is a pottery shop sailed. Halt, Birkhill Station and over the Muiravonside Country Park and and a gift shop in the old farm Enjoy a snack in Miss Moneypenny’s remarkable monument can still be Blackness, EH49 7NH River Avon viaduct. Don’t miss the seen at various sites across the under the Avon aqueduct which buildings. Museum of Scottish Railways at diner and keep the young ones carries the Union Canal. Price: See website amused in the soft play area, the Little Falkirk area. Muirhall Farm, Larbert, Bo’ness Station and look out for www.historic-scotland.gov.uk special events, including visits by Monsters Fun Factory. Central Scotland Forest Trust Falkirk, FK5 4EW www.falkirk.gov.uk/antoninewall Tel: 01506 834807 Thomas the Tank engine. www.csft.co.uk Photograph courtesy of Bridgeness Road, Bo’ness, EH51 9JR. Free www.barbara-davidson.com Tel: 01501 822015TGP Landscape Architects Tel: 01324 554430 Bo’ness Station, Union Street, www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk Bo’ness, EH51 9AQ Free Tel: 01506 827007 Free www.bkrailway.co.uk Tel. Station 01506 822298 26 Xtreme Karting Office (weekdays) 01506 825855 7 The Bridgeness Experience the thrill and adrenaline of Slab indoor karting at its best at Scotland’s A Roman legionary distance marker only 5 star karting centre. (Rated by A9 Key B902 stone was found in Bo’ness in 1868. VisitScotland) A907 A905 Falkirk Town Centre Key Motorway One of the best examples of its kind, Lochlands Business Park, A876 1 Motorway Junction it is displayed at the National Museum Larbert, Falkirk, FK5 3NS. Shopping Centres A91 A Roads of Scotland in Edinburgh and a replica www.xtremekarting.co.uk P Central Retail Streets has been installed at Kinnigars Park. A977 Falkirk Park B9037 Pedestrian Area B Roads Tel: 01324 579797 Grahamston Tourist Information P Car Parks Kinnigars Park, Dollar Park i Stirling Tourist Information Fife i Harbour Road, 9 10 A904 Mainline Railway EH51 9LD Stirling 3 m A803 25 Wellsfield Farm Perth 36 m 12 P Steam Railway Free Airth Railway Stations Activity Centre 14 Canal B9124 i 8 Wellsfield Farm offers a unique selection P River Callendar Estate M9 A985 11 of on-site leisure activities and high Built-up Areas B8080 P A985 Cycle Trails quality holiday lodges. Activities include Parks A994 19km of single track cycle trails through a Farm park, Equestrian Centre, Trout 1 Attractions A876 A803 mature woodland offering a great day Fishery, Coffee Shop and Health Club A872 B9037 Free entry to attraction. Free out for all the family. The trails are From Falkirk Town Centre Fees may apply for specific activities or events. Stirling Road, Denny, Stirlingshire, Avon Gorge Trail graded from beginner to advanced Scotland, UK, FK6 6QZ. 2 Glasgow 25 miles 9 Antonine Wall (line of) providing something for everyone. www.wellsfield.co.uk Edinburgh 25 miles Antonine Wall (visible remains) Greenrig Car Park, Tel: 01324 822800 M876 Stirling 14 miles Par 3 Course Callendar Park 3 1 Kinneil Estate Lochgreen Road, Falkirk 7 Perth 47 miles 0 500 2 Callendar Park Carlisle 109 miles B803 Metres www.callendarestate.co.uk 8 Scale: 0 500 3 Watling Lodge in Tamfourhill 24 Yards Polmonthill 4 Rough Castle Free Ski Centre Falkirk High near Falkirk Wheel and Bonnybridge 25 5 Seabegs Wood near Bonnybridge 9 All year round skiing and snowboarding Glenbervie John Muir Way Callendar House A9 GC with 100m long artificial ski slope and A88 20m nursery slope. Lessons available. and Park Over 2000 years of history are Farm, Polmont, M80 B902 waiting to be discovered. Don’t miss Falkirk, FK2 0YE Falkirk Tryst 2 3 GC Stenhousemuir the Georgian kitchen with costumed www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org A905 F i r th of F o r th interpreters bringing history to life, and Tel: 01324 503835 leave time to explore the magnificent Larbert B905 park and woodlands, including a section M876 of the Antonine Wall. 23 A883 Larbert Muiravonside Callendar Park, Falkirk, FK1 1YR Bo’ness Country Park Denny i www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org Kinneil 17 6 Tel: 01324 503770 170 acres of woodland, parkland and River Carron A9 5 anal gardens with nature trails, picnic sites 1 26 B906 lyde C 6 7 Free Forth & C 16 19 A993 and a Visitor Centre. In and around the A904 A904 restored farm buildings you can see A883 Falkirk 18 Bonnybridge GC B9132 1 10 GC B902 Bo’ness ponies, pigs, goats, ducks and chickens. A872 Camelon The Dunmore Glasgow 18 m A803 21 B9143 20 The Loan, By Linlithgow, EH49 6LN Carlisle 102 m Falkirk Grahamston Pineapple www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org P A904 Blackness A803 Camelon 4 This unusual structure was built in 1761 Tel: 01506 845311 5 A706 P 24 1 by an unknown architect as a garden 5 4 3 A9 A905 Free i 13 B8080 retreat. View the exterior from the West Lothian B903 B816 GC walled garden and orchard. Explore the 5 Falkirk High 2 Birkhill surrounding woodland and ponds which Union Canal 15 22 B816 Grangemouth B9109 teem with wildlife. The Milkbarn Ice Bonnybridge A803 GC Near Airth, Falkirk, FK2 8LU 15 A904 Cream Parlour 8 B810 (Signed from the A905) An artisan ice cream parlour and café, Polmont www.nts.org.uk with kids play area, cycle racks and a B803 Polmont 4 Tel: 0844 493 2132 M9 A803 3 Edinburgh 14 m fibreglass cow to practice your milking Falkirk Edinburgh Airport 9 m Free technique on. Glen Farm,Glen Village, Falkirk FK1 3AA 22 B8029 2 Linlithgow 11 www.themilkbarn.co.uk Linlithgow Falkirk Steeple Tel: 01324 630703 B805 B9080 and Visitor A801 Information Point 21 The Mariner A local landmark since the late 15th century, the Steeple housed the Polmont Union Canal Leisure Centre GC B825 town lock up and today serves as an Lagoon-shaped leisure pool with beach 2 information point and box office for area and wave machine, plus soft play 23 A706 Falkirk Town Hall, The Hippodrome and area and lots more. other local venues. B8028 Glasgow Road, Camelon, FK1 4HJ High Street, Falkirk, FK1 1NW www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org Tel: 01324 503750 Tel: 01324 506850 West Free Stirling Falkirk 20 Kinneil House, 12 Falkirk Town Hall Edinburgh Avon Glasgow r Lothian e Theatre, Music Museum & Estate iv R Slamannan A historic house, open on selected B792 and Cinema Avonbridge days and surrounded by parkland and Carefully selected range of live music, woodland which includes remains of a 1 0 1 2 3 drama, dance, comedy and film, with Roman fortlet and the Antonine Wall. Kilometres B825 activities for families, workshops and Kinneil Museum displays 2,000 years B8047 Scale: 0.5 0 1 2 B8028 Miles exhibitions. of history from Roman times to the A801 present day. B803 © 2010 Falkirk Council. No part of this map may be reproduced without the permission of Falkirk Council. West Bridge Street, Falkirk, FK1 5RS Designed by Scribble Design Ltd. 01698 850342 A899 Price: See programme online Kinneil Estate, Bo’ness, EH51 0PR for details. www.kinneil.org.uk • Tel: 01506 778530 www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org Free Tel: 01324 506850

19 Kinneil Brew Hoose 18 Jupiter Urban 17 The Hippodrome 16 The Helix 15 The John Muir Way 14 The Faw Kirk 13 Falkirk Wheel and and The Corbie Inn Wildlife Centre Cinema A new 350 hectare park and visitor Opening April 2014 - the John Muir Way The graveyard at Falkirk Old and St Tourist Information attraction. The first phase opened stretches for 134 miles across Central Modan’s Parish Church contains A micro brewery with bar / restaurant The Scottish Wildlife Trust has created Scotland’s oldest picture palace, over Autumn 2013, including lagoon, Scotland. A large section of the route important historical memorials from The world’s first and only rotating attached. View the brewery and taste 10 acres of wildlife gardens and 100 years old and beautifully restored. wetlands, splash play area, trails can be found in the Falkirk area, a must the era of William Wallace, the Battle of boatlift, the Falkirk Wheel offers real ales and cask beers. habitats including wetlands, woodlands Screening the latest releases and and outdoor event space. Two for walking & cycling enthusiasts. Falkirk in 1298 and the second Battle of a unique experience, designed to and meadows. classic films. Look out for the annual 84 Corbiehall, Bo’ness, EH51 OAS massive sculptures, The Kelpies, Falkirk in 1746. connect the Union Canal with the Forth Festival of Silent Cinema (early 2014). Johnmuirway.org and Clyde Canal 115ft below. www.corbieinn.co.uk Wood Street, Grangemouth, FK3 8LH will be completed by Summer 2014, Manse Place, Falkirk, FK1 1JN Free Tel: 01506 825307 www.swt.org.uk 10 Hope Street, Bo’ness, EH51 0AA. alongside a new canal link. www.foasmpc.org.uk The Falkirk Wheel, Lime Road, Tel: 01324 486475 or 07739 428203 www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org www.thehelix.co.uk Tel: 01324 611017 Falkirk, FK1 4RS • Tel: 08700 500208 Tel: 01324 506850 www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk Free Free Tourist Info: 08707 200614 www.visitscotland.com Free