Skinflats
Skinflats is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland.
Skinflats is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Grangemouth, 1.1 miles (1.8 km) east of Carronshore and 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north-east of Falkirk. It lies on the A905 road between Glensburgh and Airth, near to the River Carron and the point where it flows into the Firth of Forth.
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Worth seeing in and around Skinflats
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.
- 01The Kelpies
The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. They stand next to the M9 motorway and form the eastern gateway of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which meets the River Carron here.
900 m · sculpture by Andy Scott · Wikipedia - 02Falkirk 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.
2.5 km · football stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Airth Castle
Airth Castle is a castle overlooking the village of Airth and the River Forth, in the Falkirk area of Scotland. Until 2023, the castle operated as a hotel and spa.
3.9 km · castle in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Ochilview 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.
3.8 km · stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Callendar 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.
3.8 km · historic House and Park in Falkirk · Wikipedia - 06Firs 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.
2.9 km · stadium in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Falkirk 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.
3.6 km · church in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Falkirk 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.
3.7 km · Clock tower in Falkirk, Scotland · Wikipedia - 09St 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.
3.6 km · church in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Arthur'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.
2.8 km · probable Roman temple near Falkirk, Scotland, destroyed in 1743 · Wikipedia
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Getting to Skinflats
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 25 km · Glasgow (GLA), 46 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 78 km
- Stations
- Falkirk Grahamston railway station, 3.4 km
- Glasgow → Skinflats36 km · quickest by road, 49 min · £4–5
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Skinflats80 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–12
- Aberdeen → Skinflats160 km · quickest by road, 3h · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Skinflats
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 Skinflats. 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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Next door to Skinflats
Skinflats is 36 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Falkirktown in Falkirk, Scotland, UK3.7 km
- Grangemouthindustrial town in Falkirk, Scotland, UK2.1 km
- Stenhousemuirtown in Falkirk, Scotland, UK3.3 km
- Carronvillage in Falkirk, Scotland, UK2.3 km
- Carronshorevillage in Falkirk, Scotland, UK1.5 km
- Lauriestonvillage in Falkirk, Scotland, UK3.2 km