Places to explore near Stirling

Restored Victorian prison in Stirling's old town, with costumed tours and a rooftop viewpoint.

0.5 km NW

Royal fortress on a volcanic crag above the carse.

1 km NW

Site of Bruce's 1314 victory.

1.4 km E

Victorian Gothic tower on the Abbey Craig above Stirling commemorating William Wallace, with sweeping valley views.

2.7 km NE

Restored estate woodland south of Stirling with walled-garden remains and waymarked walks.

7.5 km SE

Weathered medieval stone under a Victorian interior, with 15th-century choir stalls.

8.2 km N

Scotland's only safari park, near Doune, with drive-through enclosures, a zoo and adventure rides.

8.3 km NW

Extravagant 18th-century stone pineapple folly crowning a walled garden in the Dunmore estate near Airth.

10.3 km SE

Medieval courtyard castle, famous film location.

10.3 km NW

Reservoir and nature reserve near Alloa, one of Scotland's oldest man-made lochs, with a lochside trail.

11.5 km E

A coast-to-coast across Scotland's waist, from Helensburgh to the conservationist's birthplace at Dunbar.

13.3 km S · spans 9 counties

The world's only rotating boat lift, linking the Forth & Clyde and Union canals near Falkirk.

14.3 km SE

Firth to firth around the Kingdom of Fife, threading fishing villages from the Forth bridges to the Tay.

14.5 km SE · Fife

Andy Scott's 30-metre steel horse-head sculptures towering over the canal at the Helix, Falkirk.

15.7 km SE

Handsome Hillfoots town below the Ochils, gateway to Dollar Glen and Castle Campbell.

17 km E · Clackmannanshire

350-hectare parkland between Falkirk and Grangemouth built around the Kelpies, with lagoon, trails and play areas.

17.2 km SE

Grand French-chateau-style mansion and free museum in Callendar Park, Falkirk, telling the district's story.

17.2 km SE

Wooded gorge below the Castle of Gloom.

17.5 km E

Scotland's first national park, where the Highlands begin — bonnie banks, wooded glens and Ben Lomond within reach of Glasgow.

18.6 km NW

One of the best-preserved 16th-17th century burghs in Scotland, its white-harled houses and cobbled lanes a favourite Outlander filming location.

20.3 km E · Fife

Two-Michelin-star restaurant within the Gleneagles estate in the Perthshire countryside; Harden's UK No. 3 in 2024.

21.6 km NE

Bustling Trossachs gateway town where the Teith and Leny meet, laid out in the 18th century.

22.2 km NW · Stirling

Historic house and museum in wooded parkland at Bo'ness, where James Watt worked on his steam engine.

22.4 km SE

Best-preserved fort on Rome's northern frontier.

22.4 km SE

Wooded ravine with waterfalls in the Campsie Fells above Lennoxtown, a popular short walk.

22.6 km SW

Lochside restaurant in the Trossachs, on the 2026 100 Best Local Restaurants.

22.7 km W

Scotland's oldest purpose-built cinema (1912) in Bo'ness, restored and still screening films.

23.2 km SE

Island priory on the Lake of Menteith.

23.3 km W

Heritage steam and diesel railway running along the Forth from Bo'ness, with the Museum of Scottish Railways.

23.5 km SE

Scotland's longest and tallest aqueduct, carrying the Union Canal high above the River Avon near Linlithgow on twelve arches.

24.4 km SE

Estate country park near Whitecross with woodland, a farm, and walks above the River Avon.

24.6 km SE

Medieval burgh church next to Stirling Castle, one of few British churches to have hosted a coronation (James VI, 1567).

0.6 km NW

Reputedly Stirling's oldest pub (1733), a snug traditional bar on the climb to the castle.

0.7 km NW

Atmospheric ruined 17th-century kirk beneath Dumyat at Blairlogie, with an old burial ground.

4.1 km NE

Craft brewery on the edge of Bridge of Allan offering brewery tours and tastings of its ales and ciders.

4.4 km N