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Carronshore is a 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 ...
of
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 lies in the
Forth Valley The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage basin covers much of Stirlingshire in Scotland's Central Belt. The Gaelic name for the upper reach of t ...
, north of the town of
Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...
and directly to the east of neighbouring village
Carron Carron may refer to: Rivers * River Carron, Forth, a river in Central Scotland * River Carron, Wester Ross * River Carron, Sutherland * Carron River (Queensland), a river in Australia * Carron Water, Aberdeenshire, a river that flows into the Nort ...
. The village sits north of the River Carron. According to the 2001 census Carronshore has a population of just over 3,000 residents.3 - 2011 Census Population of settlements and wards
www.falkirk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-04-27
The village has a Primary school located to the north east of the village. It also boosts three takeaways, 3 convenience stores, a hair salon and a bookmakers. There are two bars in the village, 'The Vic' and the 'Carronshore Bar' as well as 'The Shore' which is a bar bistro. The village grew as a port village during the 1700s and 1800s due to its close proximity to the river to the east of the village. The area is also very well connected historically to the mining industry and was the site of many pits and collieries until the middle of the 20th century.


See also

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List of places in Falkirk council area ''Map of places in Falkirk council area compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. The article is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hillfort, lightho ...
* River Carron


References


External links


Falkirk Local History Society - Carronshore
Villages in Falkirk (council area) Grangemouth Stenhousemuir {{Falkirk-geo-stub