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Polmont

Polmont

Polmont is a village in the Falkirk council area of Central Scotland.

Plan a trip to Polmont From Glasgow

It lies towards the east of the town of Falkirk, north of the Union Canal, which runs adjacent to the village.

Get in

Getting to Polmont

Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is 17 miles east. Take the tram to Haymarket then train towards Glasgow for Polmont. Glasgow Airport (GLA) is 36 miles west, far side of that city. Take the airport bus to Buchanan station then the train from Queen Street towards Edinburgh for Polmont.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Polmont Parish Church is Romanesque

    Within the churchyard is the ruin of its predecessor, built 1731-33.

  2. 02
    Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre

    It's free, but closed since Sept 2022.

  3. 03
    Almond Castle is a ruin all
Do

Things to do

Grangemouth Sports Complex on Abbotts Rd has a gym, fitness classes and pool.

  1. 01
    Grangemouth Golf Course

    Parkland 18-hole course, 6432 yards off white tees, par 71.

  2. 02
    Millhall Reservoir is open Mar-Oct
  3. 03
    Braes Golf Centre

    Manualrigg, Maddiston FK2 0lS (3 miles south of Polmont),.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Black Bull

    Pub with a good selection of food, has rooms.

How locals move

Getting around Polmont 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: train_photos (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.