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Airth
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Airth () is a Royal Burgh, village, former trading port and civil parish in Falkirk, Scotland. It is north of Falkirk town and sits on the banks of the River Forth. Airth lies on the A905 road between Grangemouth and Stirling and is overlooked by Airth Castle; the village retains two market crosses and a small number of historic houses. At the time of the 2001 census the village had a population of 1,273 residents but this has been revised to 1,660 according to a 2008 estimate.
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Place details
- Locality
- Airth
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,760
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Airth
- UK place.gaelic_name
- An Àird
- UK place.local_name
- Airth
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 0.12
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS895875
- UK place.edinburgh_distance
- ESE
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
- UK place.map_alt
- Airth is in the north of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland. Near Firth of Forth
- UK place.post_town
- FALKIRK
- UK place.postcode_area
- FK
- UK place.postcode_district
- FK2
- UK place.dial_code
- 01324 83
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Falkirk
- UK place.civil_parish
- Airth
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Falkirk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1940
- Area
- 0.12
- Official website
- www.falkirk.gov.uk
- Image
- Airth Castle.jpg
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- Commons category
- Airth
- P8168
- Tizac-de-Lapouyade
- postal code
- FK2 8
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- History
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Airth () is a Royal Burgh, village, former trading port and civil parish in Falkirk, Scotland. It is north of Falkirk town and sits on the banks of the River Forth. Airth lies on the A905 road between Grangemouth and Stirling and is overlooked by Airth Castle; the village retains two market crosses and a small number of historic houses. At the time of the 2001 census the village had a population of 1,273 residents but this has been revised to 1,660 according to a 2008 estimate.
In July of each year it hosts a traditional Scottish Highland Games.
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