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Doune Castle
A well-preserved 14th-century courtyard castle near Stirling, filmed for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Game of Thrones and Outlander.
5 km · about 10 min drive
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
Dunblane works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bridge of Allan, 28km from Loch Achray and Ben A'an.
Dunblane is a town located in Scotland, United Kingdom. With a population of 9,310, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Dunblane sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Dunblane to your route.
Dunblane (, Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Bhlàthain) is a historic cathedral town in the council area of Stirling, in central Scotland; it is inside the historic boundaries of the county of Perthshire. It is a commuter town, with many residents making use of good transport links to much of the Central Belt, including GlasgowRead more
and Edinburgh.
The town is built on the banks of the Allan Water (or River Allan), a tributary of the River Forth. Dunblane Cathedral is its most prominent landmark. It had a population of 8,114 at the 2001 census, which grew to 8,811 at the 2011 census; both of these figures were computed according to the 2010 definition of the locality. The population had later decreased to 8,798 in 2022.
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Dunblane is located in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 56.1884 latitude, -3.9642 longitude.
Dunblane has a population of approximately 9,310 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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castle
A well-preserved 14th-century courtyard castle near Stirling, filmed for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Game of Thrones and Outlander.
5 km · about 10 min drive
film location
The 14th-century keep is Castle Anthrax in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Castle Leoch in Outlander and Winterfell in the GoT pilot.
5 km · about 10 min drive
film location
The Victorian tower commemorating William Wallace overlooks the Stirling battlefield central to Braveheart's story; the film itself shot largely in Ireland.
6 km · about 10 min drive
castle
One of Scotland's largest and most important castles, sitting atop Castle Hill and closely associated with Scottish independence.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
An outrageous 14m stone pineapple crowns this 1761 walled-garden folly, built for the Earl of Dunmore and rated among Britain's most eccentric buildings. Free to visit, hidden down a lane near Airth.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Two 30-metre steel horse-head sculptures towering over the canal at Falkirk, a striking modern landmark off the M9.
23 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
Scotland's most complete 17th-century burgh: ochre-coloured Culross Palace, cobbled wynds and white-harled cottages on the Firth of Forth, preserved by the National Trust. Doubles as Cranesmuir in Outlander.
25 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A small Trossachs loch under Ben A'an, whose short steep path yields one of Scotland's best effort-to-view ratios.
28 km · about 35 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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