Haggs is a small village in the

Falkirk council area Falkirk (; sco, Fawkirk; gd, An Eaglais Bhreac) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996 by way of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk District, one ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. The village is situated south-west of

Bonnybridge Bonnybridge ( gd, Drochaid a'Bhuinne; sco, Bonniebrig) is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is west of Falkirk, north-east of Cumbernauld and south-southwest of Stirling. The village is situated near the Bonny Water which ...

, north-northeast of

Kilsyth Kilsyth (; Scottish Gaelic ''Cill Saidhe'') is a town and civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland. The estimated population is 9,860. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the relig ...

and south-southwest of Denny, on the east side of the

M80 motorway The M80 is a motorway in Scotland's central belt, running between Glasgow and Stirling via Cumbernauld and Denny and linking the M8, M73 and M9 motorways. Following completion in 2011, the motorway is long. Despite being only a two lane mo ...

which separates it from

Banknock Banknock ( gd, Baile nan Cnoc) is a village within the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. The village is west-southwest of Falkirk, east-northeast of Kilsyth and north-northeast of Cumbernauld. Banknock is located on the Bonny Water, ...

. At the 2001 census the population of Haggs was reported as 383 residents.Insight 2001 Census, No 3 - 2001 Census Population of settlements and wards
, www.falkirk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-18 Haggs lies along the

A803 road The A803 is a road in central Scotland. It runs from Glasgow to Champany Corner, due north-east of Linlithgow). Route Beginning at Townhead in central Glasgow as part of a feeder system for the M8 motorway, forming part of the interchange at ...

between Banknock and

Dennyloanhead Dennyloanhead is a village in the Falkirk council area, Central Scotland, that is between Head of Muir and Longcroft. Dennyloanhead had a fingerpost announcing that it is 294 miles from John o' Groats. Old maps show it is 9 miles from Stirlin ...

and is next to the location where the A80 road formerly turned into the

. Haggs Parish Church is shared with Banknock and often hosts the local school during religious holidays like Easter and Christmas.

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