Bannockburn

Bannockburn (Scottish Gaelic: Allt a' Bhonnaich) is an area immediately south of the centre of Stirling in Scotland.

[4][HES 2] The dignity of the barony of Bannockburn is currently held by Hope Vere Anderson, a descendant of the Sandilands and Vere families of Sandilands and Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire who were the original Barons of Bannockburn in the 14th century.

In the year of 1746, after the Battle of Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed in Bannockburn House where he met the future mother of his child.

[6]: 184–5  In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the Wilson family of Bannockburn designed and wove tartans for the British Army.

Several new private housing schemes have been built in and around Bannockburn since the 1990s, increasing pressure on the already overcrowded high school.

As a result of this, in 2007 and 2008 Bannockburn High School was extended to provide additional capacity.

Introduction of a new station with a park-and-ride facility was proposed in the Strategic Transport Projects Review in 2009.

Bannockburn currently plays in the Scottish Hydro Electric Regional League: Caledonia Division 2 Midlands.

Telford's circular-arch roadbridge over the Bannock Burn