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Avonbridge
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Avonbridge () is a small village which lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is south-southeast of the town of Falkirk. Avonbridge sits just inside the council boundary line between Falkirk and West Lothian councils.
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Place details
- Locality
- Avonbridge
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 690
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Avonbridge
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Drochaid na h-Aibhne
- UK place.local_name
- Bridge of the River
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 0.11
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS911726
- UK place.edinburgh_distance
- E
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
- UK place.map_alt
- Avonbridge is in the south of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland.
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.post_town
- FALKIRK
- UK place.postcode_area
- FK
- UK place.postcode_district
- FK1 2
- UK place.dial_code
- 01324
- UK place.hide_services
- yes
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Falkirk and Linlithgow
- UK place.civil_parish
- Slamannan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Avonbridge
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 660
- Area
- 0.11
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.falkirk.gov.uk
- Image
- Avonbridge.jpg
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- Commons category
- Avonbridge
- historic county
- Stirlingshire
- P8168
- Zhanhua District
- OS grid reference
- NS898875
- native label
- Avonbridge
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- See also
- References
- External links
Avonbridge () is a small village which lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is south-southeast of the town of Falkirk. Avonbridge sits just inside the council boundary line between Falkirk and West Lothian councils.
The village lies at the junction of the B8028 and B825 roads and is a bridging point over the River Avon, hence the name Avonbridge. At the time of the 2011 census, a population of 652 residents was recorded.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avonbridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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