Bannockburn

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Bannockburn

Total population

6,700

Coordinates56.09°, -3.91°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bannockburn is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland. It is part of the City of Stirling. It is named after the Bannock Burn, a stream running through the town before flowing into the River Forth.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

William Forbes Gatacre

British Army general (1843–1906)

Robert Henry

Scottish minister and historian (1718–1790)

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Bobby Brown

Scottish footballer (1923-2020)

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Billy Steel

Scottish association football player (1923-1982)

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Sammy Baird

Scottish footballer and manager (1930-2010)

George Harvey

Scottish painter and historian (1806-1876)

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Jimmy McMullan

Scottish footballer and manager (1895-1964)

John Adam Cramb

Scottish historian (1862–1913)

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Adam Black

Footballer (1898-1981)

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Alex Smith

Scottish footballer born 1939

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Billy Dougall

Scottish footballer and manager (1895-1966)

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Billy Forbes

footballer

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Danny Malloy

Scottish footballer (born 1929)

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George Comrie

Scottish footballer (1888-?)

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George Paterson

British association football player (1914-1985)

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Jim McNab

Scottish footballer (1940-2006)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Braeface
  6.5 mi away
• Benview
  6.7 mi away
• Allandale
  7.2 mi away · pop. 289
• Castlecary
  7.8 mi away
• Binniehill
  11.5 mi away
• Shiresmill
  11.9 mi away
• Caldercruix
  14 mi away
• Cowstrandburn
  14 mi away
• Glendevon
  14.2 mi away
• Mannerston Holdings
  16.3 mi away
• North Blochairn
  16.8 mi away
• Invertrossachs
  17.9 mi away

Browse all places in Scotland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bannockburn

Bannockburn

Angus Konstam · 2014

Scotland for beginners

Rupert Besley · 1990

The Battle of Bannockburn 1314

Aryeh S. Nusbacher · 2000

Bannockburns

Crawford, Robert · 2014

Bannockburn 1314

Graham Turner · 2002

Tales of a grandfather

Sir Walter Scott · 1827

Scotland for Beginners Bannockburn an A

Rupert Besley · 2007

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Seen 2026-09-17

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-09-17

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-17

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2026-09-17

Jelly-antler

Calocera viscosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-09-16

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-16

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-09-16

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers