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Mercat Cross

Mercat Cross is a historic site you can visit in Stirling. Its neighbours on our list number 13 within 5 km. For a second stop, Stirling Castle is 500 m away.

Where

In Stirling

inside the locality

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Historic site in Stirling

Inside Stirling

Mercat Cross is inside Stirling’s locality, with 13 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The year in Stirling

Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Stirling.

Jan7° / 1°117 mm

Feb8° / 2°89 mm

Mar10° / 3°79 mm

Apr13° / 4°54 mm

May16° / 7°60 mm

Jun18° / 10°67 mm

Jul20° / 11°78 mm

Aug20° / 11°80 mm

Sep17° / 9°77 mm

Oct13° / 6°107 mm

Nov10° / 3°105 mm

Dec7° / 1°112 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Stirling, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Stirling. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Stirling’s full climate →

About

Mercat Cross

Historic site.

In Stirling, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Historic site
Town: in Stirling

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where it sits

Use the numbers to match each place near Mercat Cross with the list.

Towns near it

Towns that count Mercat Cross

With 38,590 people, Stirling is the largest of the 4. The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Stirling

38,590 people · 21 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km north of it

Bridge of Allan

4,744 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 2.9 km southeast of it

Bannockburn

6,587 people · 14 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km east of it

Fallin

2,769 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Mercat Cross is	People	Places to visit
Stirling	It’s in town	38,590	21
Bridge of Allan	2.3 km north of it	4,744	18
Bannockburn	2.9 km southeast of it	6,587	14
Fallin	4.1 km east of it	2,769	15

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Within 15 km are 32 places, among them 4 castles, 2 museums and an abbey or priory.

1CastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandStirling Castle500 m away 2Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandCambuskenneth Abbey1.6 km away 3

CastleDoune Castle9.8 km away 4

CathedralDunblane Cathedral7.8 km away 5

MuseumSmith Art Gallery & Museum300 m away 6

MuseumArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum500 m away 7

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower9.6 km away 8

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandMenstrie Castle6.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Mercat Cross?

Mercat Cross is in Stirling, Stirling, inside the town’s locality.

What is Mercat Cross?

Historic site.

When is the best time to visit Mercat Cross?

June to September are the warmest months in Stirling, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Mercat Cross?

Within 15 km: Stirling Castle (500 m), Cambuskenneth Abbey (1.6 km), Doune Castle (9.8 km) and Dunblane Cathedral (7.8 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Doune Castle: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunblane Cathedral: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Smith Art Gallery & Museum: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum: Janfrie1988, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Alloa Tower: AllyD at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Menstrie Castle: John Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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