Buchlyvie

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Buchlyvie is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is situated 14 miles west of Stirling and 18 miles north of Glasgow. Lying within the Carse of Forth, to the north is Flanders Moss and to the south are the Campsie Fells. The village lies on the A811, which follows the line of an eighteenth-century military road between Stirling and Balloch. According to the 2001 census the village's population was 479. ()

Alternative names: Population: ~530 pplCoordinates: 56°6'56"N, 4°17'38"W

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Buchlyvie – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Inchmahome Priory, Loup of Fintry, Talla Castle, Culcreuch Castle.

4.2 miN
13th-century island monastery ruins
Inchmahome Priory, Inchmahome
108 min walk • Inchmahome Priory is situated on Inchmahome, the largest of three islands in the centre of the Lake of Menteith, close to Aberfoyle, Scotland. The name "Inchmahome" comes from the Gaelic Innis MoCholmaig, meaning island of St Colmaig.
7.2 miSE
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Loup of Fintry, Kippen
184 min walk • Loup of Fintry is a notable waterfall on the River Endrick around 2 miles to the east of Fintry in Scotland and 17 miles from Stirling, 10 miles from Denny. The total height of the waterfalls is 28.6 m Lowp or "Loup" means leap in Scots.
4.1 miN
Forts and castles
Talla Castle, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
105 min walk • Talla Castle, also known as Inch Talla or Inchtalla Castle, was a 15th-century castle on Inchtalla upon Lake of Menteith, Scotland. The castle was built by Malise Graham, Earl of Mentieth starting in 1427.
4.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Culcreuch Castle
121 min walk • Culcreuch Castle is a Scottish castle close to the village of Fintry, near Loch Lomond. It had been the home of the Barons of Culcreuch since 1699. In the 1980s the castle was converted into a hotel, which it was run as until early 2020 when it was closed to the public.
4.1 miN
Area
Inchtalla, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
105 min walk • Inchtalla or Inch Talla is an island in the Loch or Lake of Menteith in central Scotland. Its name derives from the Gaelic words innis and "talla". The entire island is dominated by Talla Castle, which appears to have been built in the 18th century. It was erected on the site of an earlier building that dates from 1428.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake of Menteith, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
104 min walk • Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome, is a loch in Scotland located on the Carse of Stirling.
6.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craigmore Hill, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
166 min walk • Craigmore is a prominent hill, 387 metres high, above the village of Aberfoyle in the council area of Stirling in Scotland.
4.1 miS
Forts and castles
Ballikinrain
105 min walk • Ballikinrain is an independent residential school in Stirling, central Scotland. It is run by CrossReach, a social care outreach arm of the Church of Scotland.
5.4 miN
56°11'29"N • 4°15'25"W
Castle Rednock Trekking Centre, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
139 min walk • Forts and castles
3.9 miNW
Memorial
Cunninghame Graham Memorial, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
101 min walk • The Cunninghame Graham Memorial is a stone monument dedicated to the memory of 'Don Roberto' Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham 15th of Gartmore and 19th of Ardoch, a Scottish author, politician, traveller and horseman.
4.7 miNE
National park
Flanders Moss
119 min walk • Flanders Moss is an area of raised bog lying in the Carse of Forth in west Stirlingshire, Scotland. The villages of Thornhill and Port of Menteith lie to the north with the villages of Kippen and Buchlyvie lying to the south.