Stirling and Bannockburn

Willkommen in der Gegend

The castle on its crag, the Old Town below it, the Wallace Monument and the Bannockburn battlefield

Stirling Castle stands on a volcanic crag above the city. Historic Environment Scotland describes it as one of Scotland's greatest stone castles: inside are the Great Hall, the Royal Palace where Mary Queen of Scots spent her childhood, and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum. The Old Town runs downhill from the castle esplanade, past Argyll's Lodging, Mar's Wark, the Church of the Holy Rude, Cowane's Hospital and the Old Town Jail.

Across the River Forth, the National Wallace Monument rises from Abbey Craig above the fields of the Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297), and the medieval Old Bridge still crosses the river. Two miles south of the station, the National Trust for Scotland's Bannockburn Visitor Centre stands near the field of Robert the Bruce's victory in 1314. Doune Castle, about 8 miles north-west, is a short drive away.