Join me for a walk around the centre of Scotland's smallest city, but one of its most significant: Stirling! Briefly a former national capital, the city is famed for its storied castle, which pins Scotland together as the city lies in between the busy Central Belt and the legendary Highlands.
On our walk around Stirling, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Stirling Castle, Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Memorial, a statue of Robert the Bruce, Old Town Cemetery, Ladies' Rock, Star Pyramid (or Salem Rock), the old Grammar School, Argyll's Lodging, Mar's Wark, the Church of the Holy Rude, the Boys' Club, Bruce of Auchenbowie's House, Stirling Tolbooth, Stirling Mercat Cross, the Old Town Jail, Erskine Marykirk, the tomb of Ebeneezer Erskine, the old High School, 55 Baker Street, the Athenaeum, Stirling Arcade, Stirling Municipal Buildings, Stirling Central Library, Stirling Town Walls, Stirling War Memorial, a statue of Rob Roy MacGregor, and a statue of Robert Burns.
Thank you so much to the following sites which helped me out so much in my research of Stirling:
www.stirlingcastle.scot/disco...
www.historicenvironment.scot/...
www.oldtowncemetery.co.uk/
stirling.gov.uk/tourism-visit...
www.oldtowncemetery.co.uk/sto...
stirlingboysclub.wordpress.co...
oldtownjail.co.uk/history/
www.stirling-lhs.org/john-all...
www.yourstirling.com/industri...
www.scottish-places.info/feat...
www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/sco...
canmore.org.uk/site/46212/sti...
www.stirlingcityheritagetrust...
www.britannica.com/biography/...
0:00 Stirling Castle & Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Memorial
0:26 Stirling Castle
0:57 Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Memorial
1:22 Stirling Castle
1:48 Statue of Robert the Bruce
2:21 Stirling Castle
3:39 Statue of Robert the Bruce
3:59 View towards Abbey Craig
4:25 Stirling Castle
4:57 Old Town Cemetery
5:36 Star Pyramid/Salem Rock
6:21 Old Town Cemetery
6:35 Stirling Castle
7:12 Castle Wynd
7:28 The Portcullis Hotel (Old Grammar School)
7:50 Castle Wynd
8:01 Argyll's Lodging
8:53 Castle Wynd
9:14 Mar's Wark
10:18 Mar Place
10:32 Church of the Holy Rude
11:48 St John Street
11:57 The Boys' Club
12:18 Bruce of Auchenbowie's House
12:49 St John Street
12:56 Stirling Tolbooth
13:32 Broad Street
13:39 Stirling Mercat Cross
14:10 Stirling Tolbooth
14:53 Stirling Old Town Jail
16:39 St John Street
16:53 Former Erskine Marykirk Church
17:38 St John Street
18:54 Stirling Highland Hotel (Old High School)
19:50 Hotel Colessio (old bank)
20:16 Bank Street
20:22 55 Baker Street
20:58 Baker Street
22:22 King Street
22:38 The Athenaeum
23:20 King Street
23:23 Stirling Arcade
23:46 King Street
23:56 The Athenaeum
24:16 Statue of William Wallace
24:30 King Street
24:42 Corn Exchange Road
24:53 Stirling Municipal Buildings
25:30 Stirling Central Library
25:56 Stirling Town Walls
26:25 Allan Park South Church
26:47 Corn Exchange Road
27:19 Stirling War Memorial
27:37 Corn Exchange Road
27:58 Statue of Rob Roy MacGregor
28:29 Corn Exchange Road
28:41 Statue of Robert Burns
29:16 Albert Place
29:48 Albert Halls
30:37 Thank you for watching!
Stats for nerds:
Distance walked: 1.1 mile/1.8km
Step count: 2200 steps (approx.)
Time taken: 30 mins 20 secs
Average speed: 2.2mph/3.5kmh
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