Stirling Travel
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Stirling, How to get there & getting around
Getting there and Around Stirling | Accommodation In Stirling | Eating And Drinking In Stirling | Dunblane| Doune | The Campsies | Falkirk | Linlithgow And Boness | The Ochils | Kinross And Loch Leven
Getting there
Stirling is easily reached from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and most other main towns and cities by regular bus and train services. The train station is on Station Rd, near the town centre, and the bus station is close by, on Goosecroft Rd, behind the Thistle Shopping Centre.
Getting around
Most of the important sights, except Bannockburn and the Wallace Monument, are within easy walking distance of each other. There's an open-topped 'hop on, hop off' Heritage Bus Tour which runs from Jun to Sep and includes the castle and Wallace Monument. There are tours every 30 mins from 1000 till 1700. Check details at the TIC.
Tourist Information
The TIC is at 41 Dumbarton Rd in the centre of town. It is the main office for Loch Lomond, Stirling and the Trossachs and stocks a wide range of books, guides, maps and leaflets. It also has information on the various guided walks of the town, including the popular ghost walks which take place Tue-Sat at 1930 and 2130. Alternatively, there are personal stereo guides available from Stags Audio Walks, at 24 Broad St. Tel. 475019. All year Jun and Sep Mon-Sat 0900-1800, Sun 1000-1600; Jul and Aug Mon-Sat 0900-1930, Sun 0930-1830; Oct-May Mon-Sat 1000-1700.
Transport
Scottish Citylink buses run at least every hour to and from Dundee (1 hrs) and at least every 30 mins to Perth (50 mins) and Glasgow (1 hr). There are also regular buses to Inverness (3 hrs) and Aberdeen (3 hrs), but you'll probably need to change at Perth and Dundee respectively. Buses also run to Edinburgh, but as the journey takes 1 hrs you might prefer to take the train. Local buses are run by First Edinburgh, Tel. 01324-613777. There are frequent services to Dunblane, Doune via Blair Drummond (30 mins), Callander (45 mins), Dollar (35 mins), Falkirk (30 mins) and Linlithgow (1 hr), and several daily to Aberfoyle (45 mins).
There are ScotRail trains, Tel. 08457-484950, every 30 mins (Mon-Sat; hourly on Sun) to Edinburgh (45 mins) and Glasgow (45 mins), and regular services to Perth (35 mins), Dundee (1 hr) and Aberdeen (2 hrs). Car hire Arnold Clark, Kerse Rd, Tel. 478686. Cycle hire and tours Wildcat Bike Tours, Stirling Enterprise Park, Unit 102, John Player Building, Tel/Fax 464333; or Stewart Wilson Cycles, Barnton St, Tel. 465292. Taxis Woodside Taxis, Tel. 450005.