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Population
  
2,710

Lieutenancy area
  
Stirling and Falkirk

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Thursday 4:52 AM

Dialling code
  
01786

OS grid reference
  
NS833916

Country
  
Post town
  
Council area
  
Civil parish
  
Fallin, Stirling

Weather
  
7°C, Wind W at 27 km/h, 86% Humidity

Fallin (/fəlˈɪn/) is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It lies on the A905 road 3 miles east of Stirling on a bend in the River Forth. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the population as 2710.

Map of Fallin, Stirling, UK

It was formerly a pit village, the site of the Polmaise Colliery 3&4 (Polmaise Colliery 1&2 was situated at Milhall), originally opened in 1904 by Archibald Russell Ltd. At its peak, in 1957, it employed 778 people. During the UK miners' strike 1984-85 it was reputed to be the only colliery in Britain where support was so strong that there was no need for pickets during the whole of the strike. British Coal decided to close the Colliery on 17 July 1987, marking the end of coal mining in Stirlingshire.

Fallin has been the site of several new housing developments and is now a commuter village.

References

Fallin, Stirling Wikipedia


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