Visit Banknock Places

Welcome to Visit Banknock Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Banknock

  

Banknock Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Banknock

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Banknock history

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Banknock once had a railway station on the Kilsyth and Bonnybridge railway. Cannerton Pit was one of these mines and its spoil heap, locally called ‘the Bing’, was a local landmark. Bankier Whisky Distillery closed in 1928 and was finally demolished in 1981.

You can visit Banknock places with Walkfo Banknock to hear history at Banknock’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Banknock has 24 places to visit in our interactive Banknock map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Banknock, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Banknock places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Banknock & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Banknock Places Map
24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Banknock tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Banknock

  

Best Banknock places to visit

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Banknock has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Banknock’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Banknock’s information audio spots:

Carrickstone Carrickstone is on the north of the M80 and west of Cumbernauld Town Centre. The area it now occupies used to be covered by a farm.

Cumbernauld Village Cumbernauld was designated a new town in 1955. The Village has a pre-mediaeval history, with a Roman settlement being built in the area due to its proximity to the Antonine Wall. After the Roman period the settlement remained and grew to such an extent that the Comyns family built their chapel there.

Cumbernauld House Cumbernauld House is an 18th-century Vivido Scottish country house. It was built in 1731, to designs by William Adam, for John Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown. The house is situated on the site of (former) Cumbernault Castle, which was besieged by General Monck in 1651.

Cumbernauld Castle The Motte of the earliest castle survives, and stones of the second castle are incorporated in the present house. Cumbernauld Castle was the predecessor of Cumbernault House in the Park.

Castle Cary Castle Castle Cary Castle is 6 miles (10 km) from Falkirk in the former county of Stirlingshire, Scotland. It is located near to the site of one of the principal forts of the Roman Antonine Wall.

Red Burn The Red Burn is one of two main streams which flow out of Cumbernauld. The Scottish New Town’s name derives from the Gaelic for “the meeting of the waters”

Kingdom of Strathclyde Strathclyde (lit. “Strath of the River Clyde”), originally Cumbric: Ystrad Clud or Alclud (and Strath-Clota in Anglo-Saxon) The kingdom developed during Britain’s post-Roman period. It is also known as Alt Clut, a Brittonic term for Dumbarton Castle, the medieval capital of the region.

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