Museum · Fallin · Stirling

Polmaise Colliery Museum

Fallin counts Polmaise Colliery Museum among its places to visit. There are 7 other places to visit inside 5 km. Stirling Castle, 5.5 km off, heads what is near.

Where

In Fallin

inside the locality

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Fallin

Inside Fallin

Polmaise Colliery Museum is inside Fallin’s locality, with 7 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

If warmth matters, go June to September: Fallin reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°117 mm

Feb8° / 2°95 mm

Mar10° / 3°86 mm

Apr13° / 4°58 mm

May16° / 7°63 mm

Jun18° / 10°68 mm

Jul20° / 11°78 mm

Aug20° / 11°83 mm

Sep17° / 9°82 mm

Oct13° / 6°113 mm

Nov10° / 4°128 mm

Dec7° / 1°123 mm

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

About

Polmaise Colliery Museum

In Fallin, inside the town’s locality.

Type: Museum
Town: in Fallin

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

The map

Around Polmaise Colliery Museum, mapped

Orange shows Polmaise Colliery Museum; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Polmaise Colliery Museum

Stirling, with 38,590 people, is the largest of the 7. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Fallin

2,769 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km south of it

Cowie

2,708 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 2.1 km west of it

Stirling

38,590 people · 21 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km east of it

Alloa

14,689 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Polmaise Colliery Museum is	People	Places to visit
Fallin	It’s in town	2,769	15
Cowie	1.7 km south of it	2,708	6
Stirling	2.1 km west of it	38,590	21
Alloa	2.3 km east of it	14,689	9
Bannockburn	2.4 km southwest of it	6,587	14
Tullibody	2.7 km northeast of it	8,515	10
Menstrie	4.9 km north of it	2,834	9

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Polmaise Colliery Museum

Within 15 km are 43 places, among them 6 castles, an abbey or priory and a cathedral.

1CastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandStirling Castle5.5 km away 2Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandCambuskenneth Abbey3.8 km away 3

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower5.2 km away 4

CastleDoune Castle14 km away 5

CathedralDunblane Cathedral11 km away 6

CastleAirth Castle7.7 km away 7

Castle · National Trust for ScotlandMenstrie Castle5.5 km away 8

CastleClackmannan Tower6.7 km away

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

Before visiting Polmaise Colliery Museum

Where is Polmaise Colliery Museum?

Polmaise Colliery Museum is in Fallin, Stirling, inside the town’s locality.

What is Polmaise Colliery Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Polmaise Colliery Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Polmaise Colliery Museum?

Within 15 km: Stirling Castle (5.5 km), Cambuskenneth Abbey (3.8 km), Alloa Tower (5.2 km) and Doune Castle (14 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)

Alloa Tower: AllyD at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Doune Castle: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunblane Cathedral: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Airth Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Menstrie Castle: John Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clackmannan Tower: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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