Shieldhill
Shieldhill is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland.

Shieldhill is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. The village is two miles southeast of Falkirk, 2+1⁄2 miles southwest of Polmont and 1⁄2 mile north of California.
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Worth seeing in and around Shieldhill
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.
- 01Falkirk 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.
3.7 km · football stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Callendar 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.
2.5 km · historic House and Park in Falkirk · Wikipedia - 03Firs 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.
3.7 km · stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Brockville 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.
3.8 km · stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Falkirk 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.
3.4 km · church in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Falkirk 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.
3.2 km · Clock tower in Falkirk, Scotland · Wikipedia - 07St Andrew's West
St. Andrew's West Parish Church is the largest church in Falkirk, Scotland, founded in 1843 and situated in the town centre on Upper Newmarket Street and known for its conservative evangelical preaching, aligning itself with the Forward Together group and the Evangelical Alliance.
3.4 km · church in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Mumrills Roman fort
Mumrills was the site of the largest Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It is possible that Mumrills could exchange signals with Flavian Gask Ridge forts.
3.2 km · site of Roman fort on the Antonine Wall near Falkirk in central Scotland · Wikipedia - 09Grandsable Cemetery
Grandsable Cemetery lies east of Falkirk, between the A9 and A803 south of Grangemouth near Polmont. It lies on a small hill with views over the Firth of Forth.
3.3 km · cemetery east of Falkirk, Scotland · Wikipedia - 10Former Sheriff Court, Hope Street, Falkirk
The Old Sheriff Court is a judicial building on Hope Street in Falkirk in Scotland. The building, which currently accommodates a firm of funeral directors, is a Category B listed building.
3.5 km · building in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shieldhill
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 25 km · Glasgow (GLA), 43 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 73 km
- Stations
- Falkirk Grahamston railway station, 3.6 km · Falkirk High railway station, 2.8 km · Polmont railway station, 3.4 km
- Glasgow → Shieldhill33 km · quickest by road, 42 min · £4–5
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Shieldhill75 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £8–11
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Shieldhill175 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £21–28
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Shieldhill
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 Shieldhill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inGrangemouth Docks are busy with freight but never had ferries.
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If you know how people move in Shieldhill – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Shieldhill
Shieldhill is 33 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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