Polmont

Polmont is a village in Stirlingshire in the Central Belt of Scotland. This travel guide also covers the nearby town of Grangemouth.

Understand

Polmont has a population of 5,300. Due to the good transport connections to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling, Polmont is mainly a commuter village.

Grangemouth has a population of 17,400. Grangemouth has a large commercial port and is also a center for the petrochemical induxtry.

Get in

By plane

Polmont has no airport, the nearest are:

By train

By car

Polmont is half-way between Glasgow and Edinburgh, spanning the M9 motorway. The exit is junction 4.

By bus

There are regular bus services to Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh, all provided by First Group.

By boat

Nearby Grangemouth Docks (4 miles north) on the Forth River where light cargo ships and coastal tankers call. No ferry or passenger-only services are available.

The Union Canals pass through Polmont and are open to small boat traffic.

Get around

See
  • 🌍 Antonine Wall. Constructed during the reign of the roman Emperor Antonius Pius (138 AD - 161 AD) the wall runs across Scotland at its narrowest point between the Firth of Forth in the east and the River Clyde in the west. Although built to rival Hadrian's Wall, the emperor Antonius Pius succeeded, the wall was far less elaborate. Unlike its more solid southern counterpart, the Antonine Wall was built of turf fronted by a ditch 12 feet deep. The wall was 10 feet high and 14 feet wide and dotted with 29 small military forts linked by a road.As a defensive barrier the Antonine Wall did not fulfill its role for long. In 181 the northern tribes poured over the wall and pushed the Romans back to Hadrian's Wall. The Romans finally abandoned any hope of regaining the territory between the two walls in 196 AD. The wall is 37 miles (59 km) long, and was built 140-142 AD. You can see the site of the wall in Polmont Woods and the church.  

Do
  • 🌍 Polmont Golf course, Manualrigg, Maddiston, Falkirk. Fk2 0ls (about 3 miles south of Polmont). (updated Oct 2018)
  • 🌍 Grangemouth Golf Course (about 1 mile northeast of Polmont). 6400-yard 18-hole parkland course, which opened in 1974. Municipal course with a clubhouse which is open to visitors. round £30. (updated Feb 2017)
  • 🌍 Plomonthill Artificial ski slope, Avondale Rd, Polmont, FK2 0YA. M-F 09:00-21:30, Sa 09:30-17:30, Su 09:45-16:45. 100 m long artificial ski slope. 
  • 🌍 Millhall Reservoir. For fishing. 
  • Polmont woods. An enjoyable place to have a walk around. 

Buy

The main shopping area is around Polmont Cross, with a supermarket, coffee shop, newsagent, butchers, laundry, fast-food takeaway and pub.

Eat

There are numerous take-away food stores. The takeaway prices are fairly cheap, and a few of the takeaway shops have the facility to order online, and have online menus.

  • 🌍 Blackbull, Main Street, Polmont, FK2 0PX. Public house offers a selection of food. mains around £10. 
  • 🌍 Land & Sea Fish and Chip Shop, Main Street, Polmont, FK2 0PX. daily 16:30-22:30. It was the winner of Scotland's Official Fish & Chip Shop in 2005/2006, and is a holder of the Seafish Quality Award for Excellence. haddock supper £6.55. 

Drink
  • Numerous pleasant bars.

Sleep
Inchyra Grange Hotel

Go next
  • Falkirk - nearby town which was the site of two historic battles, and has the shortest street in the UK.
  • Linlithgow - attractive town and castle on the way to Edinburgh.
  • Bo'ness - Small town in the district, home to the Scottish Railway Preservation society, and the Bo'ness and Kinneil Steam Railway.
Routes through Polmont

Perth ← Stirling ←  NW  SE  → Linlithgow → Edinburgh


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