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Bowhouse railway station
Bowhouse railway station served the suburb of Bowhouse, Falkirk, Scotland, from the 1840s to 1964 on the Slamannan Railway.
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Maddiston
Maddiston is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies 3.8 miles (6.1 km) west-southwest of Linlithgow, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south of Polmont and 0.6 miles (1.0 km) south-east of Rumford at the south-east edge of the Falkirk urban area.
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Carribber Castle
Carribber Castle, also known as Carriber Castle or Rob Gibb's Castle, is a ruined castle located near Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland.
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Muiravonside Country Park
Muiravonside Country Park is 170 acres of woodland and parkland open to the public all year round with marked trails, picnic sites and a play area. It is situated in the south-east corner of Falkirk (council area), approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Maddiston, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Linlithgow and about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Armadale and Bathgate. It was once the grounds of Muiravonside House and the country estate owned by the Stirling family of Falkirk.
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Standburn
Standburn is a small village which lies within the Falkirk council area in central Scotland. It is located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south-west of Maddiston, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-east of Avonbridge and 4.0 miles (6.4 km) south east of Falkirk. The entire village is located along a section of the B825 road between Avonbridge and redding
The United Kingdom Census 2001 reported the population as 152 residents, a figure almost unchanged from the census of 1991
Standburn also includes a school on top of the street that has 27 students from 2 classes of primary 1-4 and 5-7
Drumbowie Environment Action Group is a charitable organisation which owns Drumbowie Park to the north of Standburn, this community woodland is open to the public.
Standburn was a mining community with several active pits until the 1950s, and often considered the most extravagant mining community in Europe. The pits were individually numbered and all prefixed by Gateside. The bings from the mining days can still be seen although the land has now been planted with trees and named Gateside Woodland.