Newcastle International Airport 1 hr 32
The Helix Home Of The Kelpies (5 min.) pet-friendly green space with walking paths cycleways watersports and huge horse head sculptures. Camelon (7 min) The Kelpies (10 min.) 30-m.-high steel sculptures of horse heads in a modern park with water features & grassy expanses. Larbert (9 min) Holy Rude (25 min.) parish church dating from 15th century still active today where infant king james vi was crowned. Polmont (10 min) The National Wallace Monument (27 min.) elaborate victorian stone tower commemorating william wallace displaying his 2-handed sword. Callendar House (11 min.) 19th-century chateau and medieval tower with staff in georgian costume set in landscaped parkland. Hopetoun House (35 min.) stately home dating from 17th century set in a country estate with a deer park and nature trails. Midhope Castle (22 min.) the exterior of this 15th-century castle on a working farm is featured on the tv series outlander. Beecraigs Country Park (22 min.) vast area of parkland with herds of red deer and highland cattle a fishing loch and visitor centre. Stirling Castle (25 min.) 12th-century castle and former renaissance royals palace with great hall and regimental museum. The Pineapple (23 min.) architecture and history Blackness Castle (24 min.) 15th-century fortress noted for its shiplike form & rampart views over the firth of forth. Linlithgow Palace (18 min.) the ruins of the elegant medieval birthplace of mary queen of scots set within parkland by a loch. Antonine Wall (26 min.) remote site with the ruins of an ancient roman fortification with ditches ramparts & bathhouses. Culross Palace - The National Trust For Scotland (23 min.) history architecture and palace Falkirk High (6 min) |