Tamfourhill is a working-class residential suburb of Falkirk within the Falkirk (council area), Scotland. It is located approximately 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometres) west of the city centre.[3] The Falkirk Wheel is located just to the northwest of the village. Tamfourhill includes the residential area between the south side of the Forth & Clyde Canal and the north side of the Union Canal.[4] It also contains the Tamfourhill Industrial Estate. To the west of the village is a well preserved part of the Antonine Wall, built in the 2nd century and Rough Castle.
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.jpg) These modern houses are close to the site of Tamfourhill, which, apparently vanished, like so many other old buildings, in the second half of the 20th century. | |
  Tamfourhill Location within the Falkirk council area | |
| Population | 1,300 (2018)[1][2] |
| OS grid reference | NS858797 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FALKIRK |
| Postcode district | FK1 |
| Dialling code | 01324 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
References
edit- ^ Tamfourhill - 03 (715), Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ Tamfourhill - 04 (642), Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Tamfourhill". Scottish Gazetteer. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ "Tamfourhill". Central Scotland Police. Archived from the original on 8 February 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
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