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# Polmont

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

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## Every way there

- Glasgow → Polmont 37 km · quickest by road, 41 min · £4.5–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/glasgow-to-polmont) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Glasgow&to=Polmont)
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Polmont 79 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £9–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prestwick-south-ayrshire-to-polmont) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prestwick%2C+South+Ayrshire&to=Polmont)
- Aberdeen → Polmont 162 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · £19–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aberdeen-to-polmont) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aberdeen&to=Polmont)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Polmont, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Polmont has

- Y Scheduled flights Ingliston, Edinburgh (EDI), 21 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 3 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time
- Y Ferries Hawes Pier, 20 km, Maid of the Forth; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

55.991°, -3.706°

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. Polmont Parish Church is Romanesque Within the churchyard is the ruin of its predecessor, built 1731-33.
2. Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre It's free, but closed since Sept 2022.
3. Almond Castle is a ruin all

Do

## Things to do

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

1. Grangemouth Golf Course Parkland 18-hole course, 6432 yards off white tees, par 71.
2. Millhall Reservoir is open Mar-Oct
3. Braes Golf Centre Manualrigg, Maddiston FK2 0lS (3 miles south of Polmont),.

Eat

## Where to eat

1. Black Bull Pub with a good selection of food, has rooms.

How locals move

## Getting around Polmont the local way

- Get in Grangemouth Docks are busy with freight but never had ferries.

From [Wikivoyage: Polmont](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Polmont), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polmont) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Polmont), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: train\_photos (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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