Grangemouth is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Falkirk, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Bo'ness and 13 miles (20.9 km) south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the 2001 Census. Preliminary figures from the 2011 census reported the number as 17,373.
A view over Grangemouth from Dumyat, December 2013
Grangemouth Town Hall
Grangemouth Refinery
View from Dumyat (Clackmannanshire) looking south-east towards Grangemouth's cooling towers, December 2013
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling.
Robert the Bruce addressing his troops before the Battle of Bannockburn (1907 illustration)
County Buildings, Viewfield Place, Barnton Street, Stirling
Old Viewforth, Pitt Terrace, Stirling: headquarters of Stirlingshire County Council after 1931
Ben Lomond looking north across Loch Lomond at the waterline