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Stenhousemuir
Scotlandtown
Stenhousemuir
Total population
9,730
Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Stenhousemuir is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is two miles north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in the west, where the nearest rail access is located. The villages of Carron and Carronshore adjoin Stenhousemuir to the east but to a lesser extent. Historically, Stenhousemuir lies with the historic county of Stirlingshire. At the 2001 census it showed that it had a resident population of 10,351 but according to a 2009 estimate this was revised to around 10,190 residents. The combined population of the four localities in 2011 was 24,722, representing about 15% of the Falkirk council area total.
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History
The "stone house" from which the village took its name was a Roman building on the north of the Carron River Valley known in later centuries as Arthur's O'on, i.e. King Arthur's oven. It is no longer to be seen, having been demolished to rebuild a dam on the River Carron by Sir Michael Bruce of Stenhouse in 1743. The stones were swept away in a flood soon after. Detailed drawings had been made in the 1720s and a replica was made in 1763 to serve as a dovecote on the roof of the stable block of Penicuik House in Midlothian, and this remains. The site of the original building has been localised to the garden of a modern house on a housing estate, apparently by the American academic Norma Lorre Goodrich (1917–2006). Stenhousemuir became home to the "Falkirk Tryst" from 1785 Thomas Gisbourne in his "Essay on Agriculture" described the Tryst in 1849 as "a scene to which Great Britain, perhaps even the whole world, does not afford a parallel". The Trysts continued until the late 19th century. R.B. Cunninghame Graham's sketch "The Falkirk Tryst" was anthologised in A Hatchment in 1913. The town was home to the McCowan's toffee factory, established in 1922, who made both traditional toffee and also the Wham Bar.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves4,354
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves3,739
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves3,651
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves3,348
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves3,303
- eastern gray squirrelSciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 · Mammalia2,893
- Eurasian red squirrelSciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia2,849
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,807
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.5 — 2026-04-1642 km WNW of Comrie, United Kingdom
- M 3.9 — 2025-10-2029 km NW of Comrie, United Kingdom
- M 2.5 — 2018-08-301 km ENE of Gourock, United Kingdom
- M 2.5 — 2005-12-313 km WSW of Auchterarder, United Kingdom
- M 2.5 — 2003-06-2012 km NNW of Balfron, United Kingdom
- M 2.8 — 2003-06-2014 km NNW of Balfron, United Kingdom
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Scotland
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Stenhousemuir
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
ONS — UK Office for National Statistics
- ONS code
- osgb4000000074552911
- Local type
- Other Settlement
- Region
- Scotland
api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names