Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Today the city is best known for its
castle
and the lofty
National
Wallace Monument
,
a mammoth Victorian monolith high on Abbey Craig to the northeast.
Stirling Castle
Daily: April-Sept 9.30am-6pm, Oct-March 9.30am-5pm • £14, includes entry to Argyll's Lodging (see p.282); audio-guide £3; car park
£4 •
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01786 450000,
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www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk
Stirling Castle
presented would-be invaders with a formidable challenge. Its
impregnability is most daunting when you approach the town from the west, from where
the sheer 250ft drop down the side of the crag is most obvious. he rock was first
fortified during the Iron Age, though what you see now dates largely from the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries. On many levels, the main buildings are interspersed with
delightful gardens and patches of lawn, while endless battlements, cannon ports, hidden
staircases and other nooks and crannies make it thoroughly explorable and inspiring.
Doune, The Trossachs, Callander & Glasgow (M80)
, , National Wallace Monument, Dunblane & Ochils
7
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STIRLING
Old
Bridge
ACCOMMODATION
Adamo
Castlecroft
No. 10
The Portcullis
Stirling Highland Hotel
Stirling University
SYHA hostel
Willy Wallace
Independent Hostel
Witches Craig Caravan &
Camping Park
8
3
9
4
7
2
5
6
1
500
0
yards
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GOWAN
HILL
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Cowane
Theatre
Castle
Argyll's
Lodging
Mar's Wark
Church of The
Holy Rude
To lbooth
King's
Knot
Cinema
John
Cowane's
Hospital
Old
To w n
Jail
Train
Station
Smith Art
Gallery &
Museum
Bus Stop
Thistle
Centre
King's Park
Albert
Halls
Bus
Station
Stirling
Golf Club
KING ' S P A R K
E L
CAFÉS AND RESTAURANTS
Darnley Cofee House
Greengrocer Down the Pend
Hermann's
Mamma Mia
Mediterranea
Unicorn Café
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6
3
5
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Bannockburn, Falkirk, Edinburgh (M9) & Glasgow (M80)
