Torwood Castle

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Torwood Castle is a ruined 16th-century L-plan castle near the village of Torwood, in the Falkirk Council area of central Scotland. It was designated as a Category A listed building in 1979. The Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland originally listed its level of risk as low, but raised that level to moderate in mid-2019 after seeing signs of continued neglect. ()

Coordinates: 56°2'17"N, 3°52'12"W

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Torwood Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Falkirk Wheel, Brucefields Family Golf Centre, Dunmore Pineapple, Rough Castle Fort.

2.8 miSE
Rotating boat lift connecting 2 canals
Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk
72 min walk • The Falkirk Wheel is a remarkable piece of modern engineering and a unique transportation phenomenon located in the city of Falkirk, Scotland. Opened in 2002, the Falkirk Wheel is the world's first and only rotating boat lift, serving as a connector between the Forth...
3.7 miNW
56°5'2"N • 3°55'2"W
Brucefields Family Golf Centre, Bannockburn
94 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
4.2 miNE
Architecture, Historical place, Sculpture
Dunmore Pineapple, Falkirk
107 min walk • The Dunmore Pineapple is a folly in Dunmore Park, near Airth in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It was ranked "as the most bizarre building in Scotland".
2.8 miS
Archaeological site
Rough Castle Fort, Falkirk
73 min walk • Rough Castle Fort is a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall roughly 2 kilometres south east of Bonnybridge near Tamfourhill in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
4.2 miNE
Spa, Hotel, Reportedly haunted
Airth Castle, Airth
109 min walk • Airth Castle is a castle overlooking the village of Airth and the River Forth, in the Falkirk area of Scotland. The castle is currently operating as a hotel and spa.
4.1 miNW
Military museum, History museum, Museum
Battle of Bannockburn, Bannockburn
105 min walk • The Battle of Bannockburn on 23 and 24 June 1314 was a victory of the army of King of Scots Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence.
4.2 miSE
Church
Falkirk Old Parish Church, Falkirk
107 min walk • Falkirk Old & St. Modan's Parish Church also known as "Falkirk Trinity Church" is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in Falkirk, central Scotland.
4 miSE
Library
Falkirk Public Library, Falkirk
103 min walk • Falkirk Public Library is a public library in Falkirk, Scotland. It is administered by Falkirk Community Trust. Local author Alan Bissett credits the library for giving him his passion for writing.
3.9 miSE
Park
Bantaskine, Falkirk
99 min walk • Bantaskine is a park with woodlands in Falkirk, Scotland that was formerly the Bantaskine Estate, a coal mining estate. The artist Mary Georgina Wade Wilson grew up there. The Battle of Falkirk Muir was fought nearby. It is also known as South Bantaskine. North Bantaskine, on the other side of the Union Canal, was an agricultural estate.
2.9 miSE
Canal
Millennium Link
73 min walk • The Millennium Link is one of the biggest engineering projects ever undertaken by British Waterways. The Union Canal and the Forth & Clyde Canal were originally joined by a flight of locks. The Millennium Link project replaced the locks with a boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel.
2.1 miSE
Town
Larbert
54 min walk • Larbert is a small town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles from the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Falkirk, the main town in the area.