Falkirk Braes

[1][2] Covering an area of high ground within 5 miles (8.0 km) to the south and east of the county town Falkirk and south of Grangemouth, its core comprises a number of small villages including mining and quarrying communities,[3][4][5] which have each expanded to form a near-contiguous acentric suburban environment.

[5][6] The centre could be argued to be west of Polmont at the site of the Meadowbank Colliery and Brickworks,[10][11] nominally in Redding; due to its industrial history, it is one of the undeveloped parcels of land in the area.

In the 21st century, speculative housebuilding (including on brownfield sites such as the Nobel explosives works),[12][13][14][15] has continued to fill most of the gaps between the settlements, owing to the location falling roughly midway between Glasgow and Edinburgh with links to both cities via the railway network (at Polmont, which falls on the boundary with Brightons) and motorways (M9) as well as employment locally at Falkirk and Grangemouth, which has been highlighted in marketing by developers.

[31] Muiravonside Country Park between Maddiston and Whitecross (featuring the Avon Aqueduct) is also within the area.

[32] The River Avon flows through the park - it denotes the eastern and southern boundaries of the Braes territory.