Avonbridge
| Avonbridge | |
| Stirlingshire | |
|---|---|
 The centre of Avonbridge | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NS911726 |
| Location: | 55°56’2"N, 3°44’38"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 625 (2001) |
| Post town: | Falkirk |
| Postcode: | FK1 2 |
| Dialling code: | 01324 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Falkirk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Avonbridge is a small village in Stirlingshire, 5 miles south-southeast of Falkirk.
The village stands on the banks of the River Avon, a bridging point on the river, from which it takes its name. The B8028 and B825 roads meet here. At the time of the 2001, Avonbridge had a population of 625 residents.
History
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Avonbridge was home to small scale open cast coal mining.[1] The village also had a brickworks in the mid twentieth century, "Avonbridge Brickworks", but today no longer exists.[1]
Nowadays the village is largely residential although Avonbridge is the base of operations for "Stevenson Brothers" a haulage company, whose bright orange heavy goods vehicles transport goods all over the United Kingdom.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Falkirk Local History Society, Avonbridge. Retrieved 2011-04-13