In 1767, William Cadell, the original managing partner of the Carron Company, bought the Banton estate and its ironstone field.

[9] The coal field stretched from Croy to about 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Low Banton.

[13] The Townhead Reservoir, also known as Banton Loch, is about 1 mile (2 km) west of the village.

Nearby Kelvinhead takes its name as the source of Glasgow's river which joins the Clyde at Yorkhill Basin.

This was bought by People United for Banton (PUB) in 2017; they also secured £740,000 National Lottery funding in 2018 to turn it into a community hub.

This allows travel to Kilsyth and Glasgow to the west and runs past Linlithgow to the east although it provided access the M80 at Haggs long before then.

An hourly 35 bus service connecting Falkirk, Camelon, Larbert, Bonnybridge, Banknock with Kilsyth to Condorrate is operated from Monday to Saturday by McGills Midland Bluebird.