Larbert

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Larbert

Total population

10,600

Coordinates56.02°, -3.83°

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

Overview

Larbert is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles from the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Falkirk. Stenhousemuir lies directly east of Larbert, with both settlements being contiguous and sharing certain public amenities with one another.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

William Forbes Gatacre

British Army general (1843–1906)

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Bobby Brown

Scottish footballer (1923-2020)

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Billy Steel

Scottish association football player (1923-1982)

Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan

British politician (1871-1940)

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Sammy Baird

Scottish footballer and manager (1930-2010)

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Gary Liddell

Scottish footballer (1954-2015)

Karine Polwart

Scottish folk singer

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Jimmy McMullan

Scottish footballer and manager (1895-1964)

Alex Young

Scottish footballer (1880-1959)

John Adam Cramb

Scottish historian (1862–1913)

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Adam Black

Footballer (1898-1981)

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Alex Totten

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1946)

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Billy Dougall

Scottish footballer and manager (1895-1966)

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Billy Forbes

footballer

Bob Cain

Scottish footballer (1866-?)

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Brian Grant

Scottish former footballer (born 1964)

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

Nearby places in Scotland

• Allandale
  4.3 mi away · pop. 289
• Braeface
  4.8 mi away
• Castlecary
  5.4 mi away
• Binniehill
  6.3 mi away
• Benview
  8.7 mi away
• Shiresmill
  9.3 mi away
• Caldercruix
  9.4 mi away
• Mannerston Holdings
  11.9 mi away
• Cowstrandburn
  12.1 mi away
• Seafield
  13.6 mi away
• Faucheldean
  14.6 mi away
• Glendevon
  15.9 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 Larbert

Jubilee of the Universalist Church, Stenhousemuir, Larbert, Scotland

1917

Larbert and Stenhousemuir

Fiona Macintosh · 1990

Lands and lairds of Larbert and Dunipace parishes

John Charles Gibson · 1908

Annals of a country parish

1988

The Royal Scottish National Hospital

Guthrie Hutton · 2000

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Seen 2026-09-17

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-09-17

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2026-09-17

Meadow Waxcap

Cuphophyllus pratensis

Seen 2026-09-16

Liberty Cap

Psilocybe semilanceata

Seen 2026-09-16

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 Comma

Polygonia c-album

Seen 2026-09-16

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

Official Identifiers