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Carronshore

Carronshore

Carronshore is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland.

Plan a trip to Carronshore From Glasgow

The village lies in the Forth Valley, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north of the town of Falkirk and directly to the east of neighbouring village Carron.

Get in

Getting to Carronshore

Edinburgh Airport (EDI IATA) is 19 miles east. Take the tram to Haymarket then train towards Glasgow Queen Street for Falkirk. Glasgow Airport (GLA IATA) is 34 miles west, far side of that city. Take the airport bus to Buchanan station then the train from Queen Street towards Edinburgh for Falkirk.

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    Falkirk Grahamston
See

Worth seeing

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    Falkirk Wheel

    The Forth and Clyde Canal was completed in 1790 and its eastern extension the Union Canal reached Edinburgh in 1822.

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    Rough Castle Fort

    Earthwork remains of a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall, built 142 AD and garrisoned by the Nervii, a 500-strong cohort of Belgian recruits.

Do

Things to do

What's on? For local events listen to Central FM on 103.1 FM or read Falkirk Herald, published weekly. Football:

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    Falkirk FC

    4 Stadium Way, Falkirk FK2 9EE (a mile east of centre near jcn of M9 and A904),.

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    Falkirk GC
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    Bonnybridge GC
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    Grangemouth GC

    Airth Highland Games are held on the fourth Saturday in July at The Wilderness in Airth, which is a lot closer to main street than that address suggests.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Benny T's

    Mary St, Laurieston FK2 9PS (a mile east of Falkirk centre),.

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    Sanam Tandoori

    5 Callendar Road FK1 1XS (foot of High Street),.

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    Erawan Thai

    Tue-Thu 5-9PM, Fri Sat noon-10PM, Sun 5-8PM.

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    Chianti Restaurant

    East Beancross Farm FK2 0XS (Jcn 5 of M9 opposite Premier Inn),.

How locals move

Getting around Carronshore the local way

  • Get inGrangemouth Docks are busy with freight but never had ferries.

From Wikivoyage: Polmont, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Tom Paterson (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.