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Camelon

Camelon is a village within the Falkirk council area, Scotland.

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The place

Camelon is a village within the Falkirk council area, Scotland. The village is in the Forth Valley, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Falkirk, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Larbert and 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bonnybridge. The main road through Camelon is the A803 road which links the village to Falkirk. At the time of the 2001 census, Camelon had a population of 4,508.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Camelon

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal

    The Union Canal, originally called Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, is a canal in Scotland, running from Falkirk to Edinburgh, constructed to bring minerals, especially coal, to the capital. It was opened in 1822 and was initially successful, but the construction of railways, particularly the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, which opened in 1842, diminished its value as a transport medium.

    1.6 km · canal in Scotland, running from Falkirk to Edinburgh · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Falkirk Stadium

    The Falkirk Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Falkirk, central Scotland, which is the home ground of Scottish Premiership club Falkirk. The stadium has a capacity of 7,937 and currently consists of three fully completed stands.

    3.9 km · football stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ochilview Park

    Ochilview Park is a football stadium in Stenhousemuir in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Championship club Stenhousemuir.

    2.6 km · stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Callendar House

    Callendar House is a mansion set within the grounds of Callendar Park in Falkirk, central Scotland. During the 19th century, it was redesigned and extended in the style of a French Renaissance château fused with elements of Scottish baronial architecture.

    3.3 km · historic House and Park in Falkirk · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Firs Park

    Firs Park was a football stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, which was the home of East Stirlingshire F.C. between 1921 and 2008. It was located on Firs Street, 0.3 miles north-east of the town centre.

    2.4 km · stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Arthur's O'on temple

    Arthur's O'on was a stone building thought to be Roman temple that, until 1743, stood on rising ground above the north bank of the River Carron not far from the old Carron ironworks in Stenhousemuir, near Falkirk, Scotland. The structure is thought to be the 'stone house' which gave its name to Stenhousemuir.

    2.5 km · probable Roman temple near Falkirk, Scotland, destroyed in 1743 · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Brockville Park

    Brockville Park was a football stadium located on Hope Street in Falkirk, Scotland, 0.25 miles north-west of the town centre. It was the home of Falkirk F.C. from 1885 until the end of 2002–03 Scottish football season.

    1.8 km · stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Falkirk Old Parish Church

    Falkirk Old & St. Modan's Parish Church, also known as "Falkirk Trinity Church", is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in Falkirk, central Scotland.

    2 km · church in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Falkirk Steeple

    The Falkirk Steeple is a municipal building on the High Street in Falkirk in Scotland. The building, which accommodates a heritage centre, is a Category A listed building.

    2.2 km · Clock tower in Falkirk, Scotland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Forth to Firth Canal Pathway

    The Forth and Clyde canal pathway runs between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde and is a 106-kilometre-long footpath and cycleway that runs across Scotland, between Bowling, west of Glasgow, and Lochrin Basin in Edinburgh. The path runs on the towpaths of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals and is entirely off-road.

    1.6 km · canal walkway · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Camelon

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 28 km · Glasgow (GLA), 41 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 73 km
Stations
Falkirk Grahamston railway station, 2 km · Larbert railway station, 2.1 km · Falkirk High railway station, 2.1 km · Camelon railway station, 200 m
  • Glasgow → Camelon
    31 km · quickest by road, 43 min · £3–4.5
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Camelon
    75 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £8–11
  • Aberdeen → Camelon
    165 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £19–25
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Camelon

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Camelon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe West Highland Line connects Glasgow with Oban (for ferries to Mull, Coll, Tiree and Colonsay), Fort William and Mallaig (for ferries to Skye and South Uist).
  • Get inThe other Hebrides ferry ports are linked by bus.
  • Get inA77 runs from Stranraer (for Northern Ireland ferries) via Ayr and Kilmarnock to Glasgow.

From Wikivoyage: Central Belt, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2024-10.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    95 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    100 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    125 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    184 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    189 km

If you know how people move in Camelon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Camelon

Camelon is 31 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Carronshorevillage in Falkirk, Scotland, UK3.6 km
  • Tamfourhillvillage in Falkirk, Scotland, UK1.1 km