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Brightons
Brightons is a village in the east of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is south-east of Falkirk, south of Grangemouth and east of Linlithgow. It is surrounded by the villages of Polmont, Wallacestone and Rumford. It is central within the Braes area of Falkirk which makes it “Capital of the Braes” History The village was built up around the sandstone quarry - known as Brighton Quarry - which was in operation from as early as the 17th Century.Falkirk Local History Society - Polmont and Brightons
www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-12
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal was built to the south of the village in 1822 and connects the village with the two main cities of Scotland. Later stone was carried by the canal to help build Edinburgh ...
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Brightons is a village in the east of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is south-east of Falkirk, south of Grangemouth and east of Linlithgow. It is surrounded by the villages of Polmont, Wallacestone and Rumford. It is central within the Braes area of Falkirk which makes it “Capital of the Braes” History The village was built up around the sandstone quarry - known as Brighton Quarry - which was in operation from as early as the 17th Century.Falkirk Local History Society - Polmont and Brightons
www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-12
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal was built to the south of the village in 1822 and connects the village with the two main cities of Scotland. Later stone was carried by the canal to help build Edinbu ...
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Falkirk Braes
The Falkirk Braes is a geographical and sociopolitical entity within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk Local government in Scotland, local authority area in Scotland. The population (both suburban and rural) is approximately 32,000 (2018), about 20% of the total for Falkirk council area. Description Covering an area of high ground within to the south and east of the county town Falkirk and south of Grangemouth, its core comprises a number of small villages including mining and quarrying communities,OS 25 inch Scotland, 1892-1905
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which have each expanded to form a near-contiguous acentric suburban environment.
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Falkirk (council Area)
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996 by way of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk Regions and districts of Scotland, District, one of three parts of the Central Region, Scotland, Central region created in 1975, which was abolished at that time. Prior to the 1975 reorganisation, the majority of the council area was part of the historic Counties of Scotland, county of Stirlingshire, and a small part, namely Bo'ness and Blackness, Falkirk, Blackness, was part of the former county of West Lothian. The council area borders with North Lanarkshire, Stirling (council area), Stirling and West Lothian, and, across the Firth of Forth to the northeast, Clackmannanshire and Fife. The largest town is Falkirk; other settlements, most of which surround Falkirk within of its centre, include Bo'ness, Bonnybridge, Denny, Falkirk, Denny, Grangemouth, Larbert, Polmont, Shieldhill, Fal ...
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Polmont
Polmont () is a village in the Falkirk council area of Central Scotland. It lies towards the east of the town of Falkirk, north of the Union Canal (Scotland), Union Canal, which runs adjacent to the village. Due to its situation in Central Scotland, many locations can be seen from Polmont, ranging from the Ochil Hills and the River Forth, to Cairnpapple Hill. Although giving its name to Polmont (HM Prison), Polmont Young Offenders Institution, the prison is in fact in Reddingmuirhead. History The name Polmont derives from the Scottish Gaelic language, Scottish Gaelic term ''Poll-Mhonadh'', which translates into English Language, English as "Pool of the Hill". Old Polmont was situated on a raised beach overlooking the Firth of Forth and the Ochil Hills, Ochils. There were two ancient Rome, Roman temporary castra, marching camps, one on either side of what is now Grangemouth Golf Course: on the western side was Little Kerse, and on the eastern side was Polmont Hill. The Anton ...
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List Of Places In Falkirk Council Area
:See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. The article is a list of links for any town, village and hamlet in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. A * Abbotshaugh Community Woodland *Airth, Airth Castle * Allandale *Antonine Wall *Avon Gorge * Avonbridge B * Bainsford *Banknock * Binniehill * Birkhill Caverns, Birkhill railway station * Black Loch * Blackness, Blackness Castle *Bo'ness, Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, Bo'ness Motor Museum, Bo'ness railway station * Bonny Water *Bonnybridge * Braes villages * Brightons C *California * Callendar House, Callendar Park *Camelon, Camelon Fort, Camelon railway station * Carron, Carron Company * Carronshore * Castle Cary Castle *Clackmannanshire Bridge D * Denny *Dennyloanhead * Dunipace *Dunmore, Dunmore Pineapple E * Elphinstone Tower F *Falkirk, Battle of Falkirk, Battle of Falkirk Muir, Falkirk Golf Club, Falkirk Grahamston railway station, Falkirk High railway station, Falkirk Old Par ...
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Reddingmuirhead
Reddingmuirhead is a village located in Stirlingshire, Falkirk council area, Central Scotland. A few hundred yards uphill from the village of Redding, it is between Shieldhill and Brightons. The village contains a large Co-operative Society building, the shops of which provide most everyday requirements, one small general store, and one licensed grocer who also looks after the post office, and a large secondary school, Braes High. It was notable in recent times for the success of its local Sunday football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... team, Blairlodge AFC, which competed in the Falkirk and District League. Reddingmuirhead is also the location of the Polmont Young Offenders Institution. See also * Falkirk Braes villages References External links Canm ...
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Rumford, Falkirk
Rumford is a small village between Maddiston and Brightons in the Falkirk council area, of Scotland. The village went through a great deal of expansion in the late 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in the population increasing exponentially since the 1991 census, when it was recorded as around 275 residents. In the 2001 and 2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ... censuses, Falkirk Council reported the population as being 421 and 884 respectively. See also * Falkirk Braes villages * List of places in Falkirk council area References External links Canmore - Rumford, Maddiston Road, St Anthony site record Villages in Falkirk (council area) {{Falkirk-geo-stub ...
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Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 UK Census. The population of the town had risen to 34,570 according to a 2008 estimate, making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, 20th most populous settlement in Scotland. Falkirk is the main town and administrative centre of the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area, which has an overall population of 156,800 and inholds the nearby towns of Grangemouth, Bo'ness, Denny, Falkirk, Denny, Camelon, Larbert and Stenhousemuir, and the cluster of Falkirk Braes, Braes villages. The town is at the junction of the Forth and Clyde Canal, Forth and Clyde and Union Canal (Scotland), Union Canals, a location which proved key to its growth as a centre of heavy industry during the Industria ...
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Linlithgow
Linlithgow ( ; ; ) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It was historically West Lothian's county town, reflected in the county's historical name of Linlithgowshire. An ancient town, it lies in the Central Belt on a historic route between Edinburgh and Falkirk beside Linlithgow Loch. The town is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Edinburgh. During the medieval period, the town grew in prominence as a royal burgh and residence around Linlithgow Palace. In later centuries, Linlithgow became a centre of industry in leather making and other materials, before developing rapidly in the Victorian era with the opening of the Union Canal in the 1820s and the arrival of the railway in 1842. Linlithgow was the former county town of the county but the Council now resides in nearby Livingston. Today Linlithgow has less industry and the economy of the town centre is focused on hospitality, heritage and tourism services. Linlithgow's patron saint is Saint Michael and its ...
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Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its Anglo-Scottish border, only land border, which is long and shared with England; the country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. The population in 2022 was 5,439,842. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is the most populous of the cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, forming a personal union of the Union of the Crowns, three kingdo ...
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Wallacestone
Wallacestone is a village in the area of Falkirk, central Scotland. It lies south-west of Polmont, south-east of Falkirk and north-east of California. The population of Wallacestone was recorded as 746 residents at the time of the 2001 census.No 6 - Settlement Population and Household Estimates
www.falkirk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-10


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Linlithgow And East Falkirk (UK Parliament Constituency)
Linlithgow and East Falkirk was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for use in the 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 general election. It replaced most of Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency), Falkirk East and Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency), Linlithgow. The constituency covered the eastern portion of the Falkirk (district), Falkirk council area and the western portion of the West Lothian council area. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to boundary changes, entailing the loss of the areas in Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council, it was reformed as Bathgate and Linlithgow (UK Parliament constituency), Bathgate and Linlithgow, and first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. Boundaries The constituency was formed for the 2005 United King ...
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