Alloa Tower
(2 Miles)*
Alloa Tower is all that remains of a historic ancestral manor house, destroyed by fire in 1800. Its 11-ft-thick walls allow a unique opportunity for visitors to walk on the roof and enjoy the spectacular views.
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Royal Burgh of Culross
(5 Miles)*
This picturesque Royal Burgh on the northern shore of the Forth is a complete community, preserved as it was in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Castle Campbell
(5 Miles)*
Traditionally known as the "Castle of Gloom", Castle Campbell is beautifully sited at the head of Dollar Glen.
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National Wallace Monument
(7 Miles)*
Renew your acquaintance with Scotland's national hero and Hollywood legend, Sir William Wallace at the spectacular 220 foot high National Wallace Monument, completed in 1869.
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Bannockburn
(7 Miles)*
From this battlefield the Scots 'sent them homeward to think again', when Edward II's English army was soundly defeated by King Robert the Bruce.
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Callendar House
(7 Miles)*
Callendar House encapsulates 600 years of Scotland's history from medieval times to the twentieth century. Great historical figures like Mary Queen of Scots, Cromwell and Bonnie Prince Charlie have visited the house.
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Argyll's Lodging
(8 Miles)*
Argyll's Lodging is a superb mansion built around an earlier core in about 1630 and further extended by the Earl of Argyll in the 1670s.
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Smith Art Gallery & Museum
(8 Miles)*
Nestling beneath Stirling Castle, in the King's Park, the ancient hunting grounds of the Stuart monarchs, and now a suburb of opulent Victorian mansions, is the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.
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Stirling Castle
(8 Miles)*
Stirling has been described as a "huge brooch, clasping Highlands and Lowlands together". Many great events from Scotland's past are associated with Stirling Castle.
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Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
(8 Miles)*
The Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway is home to an exciting collection of railway buildings, locomotives, equipment, carriages and wagons.
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Linlithgow Story
(10 Miles)*
Linlithgow's Museum, The Linithgow Story, is situated in Annet House on the Royal Burgh's historic High Street. Annet House is, in itself, part of the town's history, being built in 1787 as home to one of the town's merchant families.
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Abbot House
(11 Miles)*
The volunteer-run Abbot House Heritage Centre - dubbed 'The People's Tardis' - propels the traveller through time from the days of the Picts...a time warp peopled by a veritable Who's Who of characters from Dunfermline's past.
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Dunfermline Abbey and Palace
(11 Miles)*
Dunfermline Abbey is the remains of a great Benedictine abbey founded by Queen Margaret in the 11th century.
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Blackness Castle
(11 Miles)*
Blackness Castle was built in the 1440s, and was restored in the 1920s by the Office of Works.
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Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park
(11 Miles)*
A visit to the park combines a mixture of driving through animal reserves then parking and walking through pets farm, playing in one of the many adventure areas, taking in the sea lion and falconry displays and visiting chimp island.
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