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Coalsnaughton

Coalsnaughton or Calabar is a village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

The place

Coalsnaughton or Calabar is a village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is just south of Tillicoultry, in whose parish the village lies. The miners' row was built by Robert Bald. The name was recorded as Cosnachtan in 1492 and is probably named after Nechtan mac Der-Ilei, a Pictish king. As a result of the mining industry in the town, the first syllable was interpreted as "Coals". This was then re-interpreted by some Gaelic speakers as having come from Gaelic caolas "strait".

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Coalsnaughton

4 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
    Clackmannan Tower

    The Clackmannan Tower is a historic five-storey tower house situated at the summit of King's Seat Hill in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It dates back to at least the 14th century when it was inhabited by King David II of Scotland and later sold to his cousin Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan in 1359.

    3.9 km · tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Recreation Park

    Recreation Park, also known as Recreation Grounds, "The Recs" and The Indodrill Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League team Alloa Athletic, who have played there since 1895.

    3.7 km · football stadium in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Gartmorn Dam

    Gartmorn Dam is an artificial freshwater loch north-east of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK, built in 1711–12 as a reservoir to supply water to hydraulic machines used in Alloa's mining industry. It was commissioned by John Erskine, 23rd and 6th Earl of Mar, to designs by George Sorocold, and is one of the earliest constructed reservoirs in Scotland.

    1.5 km · 1711-12 reservoir near Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK, outflows west to Brothie Burn · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sauchie Tower

    Sauchie Tower, also known as Devon Tower, is a 15th-century tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The tower is located by the village of Fishcross, 1 kilometre north of Sauchie and 2.5 kilometres north of Alloa, close to the River Devon.

    2.4 km · tower house, later house, in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Coalsnaughton

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 31 km · Glasgow (GLA), 53 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 88 km
Stations
Forest Mill railway station, 3.9 km
  • Glasgow → Coalsnaughton
    45 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £5–7
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Coalsnaughton
    90 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £10–13
  • Aberdeen → Coalsnaughton
    150 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £17–22
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Coalsnaughton

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 Coalsnaughton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt's within bicycle range of Edinburgh but cyclists must cross the Forth via the old road bridge A9000, then use B981 Ferry Toll Road onto A985 west.

From Wikivoyage: Culross, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    107 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    108 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    131 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    184 km

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

Around it

Next door to Coalsnaughton

Coalsnaughton is 40 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Clackmannantown in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK3.7 km
  • Alvatown in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK3.9 km
  • Tillicoultrytown in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK1.3 km
  • Sauchievillage in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK2.7 km
  • Fishcrossvillage in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK2 km
  • ForestmillSmall hamlet in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK3.8 km