Stirling (district)

Stirling (Sruighlea in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland with a population of about 85,000. It covers most of the county of Stirlingshire (except Falkirk) and the South-western portion of Perthshire. The administrative centre of the region is the city of Stirling itself. The region borders Clackmannanshire (to the east), Falkirk (to the south east), Perth and Kinross (to the north and north east), Argyll and Bute (to the north and north west), and both East and West Dunbartonshire, both to Stirling's southwest.

Places of interest

• Culcreuch Castle
• Inchmahome Priory (a ruined Augustinian priory on an island in the Lake of Menteith, used as a refuge in 1547 by Mary, Queen of Scots)
• Breadalbane Folklore Centre
• Cambuskenneth Abbey (formerly the seat of the Scottish Parliament)
• Doune Castle
• Falls of Dochart
• Falls of Lochay
• Glen Dochart
• Lake of Menteith (Scotland's only 'Lake')
• Loch Achray
• Loch Ard
• Loch Earn
• Loch Katrine (The source of most of the drinking water for the city of Glasgow)
• Loch Venachar
• Moirlannich Longhouse
• Queen Elizabeth Forest Park (run by the Forestry Commission)
• Scottish Institute of Sport (on the grounds of Stirling University)
• Stirling Castle
• The University of Stirling
• Wallace Monument