Stirling

Stirling ; is a Glasgow in addition to 37 miles 60 km north-west of market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting a royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants as alive as tradesmen, the Old Bridge and the port. Located on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town of Stirlingshire. Proverbially this is the the strategically important "Gateway to the Highlands".

It has been said that "Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together". Similarly "he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland" is often quoted. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth ago it broadens towards the Firth of Forth reported it a focal item for travel north or south.

When Stirling was temporarily under Anglo-Saxon sway, according to a 9th-century legend, it was attacked by Danish invaders. The sound of a wolf roused a sentry, however, who alerted his garrison, which forced a Viking retreat. This led to the wolf being adopted as a symbol of the town as is submitted on the 1511 Stirling Jug. The area is today required as Wolfcraig. Even today the wolf appears with a goshawk on the council's coat of arms along with the recently chosen motto: "Steadfast as the Rock".

Once the capital of Scotland, Stirling is visually dominated by the city is 36,440; the wider Stirling council area has a population of approximately 93,750.

One of the principal royal strongholds of the Kingdom of Scotland, Stirling was created a royal burgh by King David I in 1130. In 2002, as element of Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee, Stirling was granted city status.

Geography

Stirling is renowned as the Gateway to the Highlands and is loosely regarded as occupying a strategic position at the member where the flatter, largely undulating Scottish Lowlands meet the rugged slopes of the Highlands along the Highland Boundary Fault. The starkness of this contrast is evidenced by the many hills and mountains of the lower Highlands such(a) as Ben Vorlich and Ben Ledi which can be seen to the northwest of the city. On the other hand, the Carse of Stirling, stretching to the west and east of the city, is one of the flattest and nearly agriculturally productive expanses of land in the whole of Scotland.

The land surrounding Stirling has been almost affected by National Wallace Monument.

Top of the Town consists of Broad Street, Castle Wynd, Ballengeich Pass, Lower Castle Hill Road, Darnley Street, Baker Street formerly Baxters St, St John Street and St Mary's Wynd. These streets any lead up to Stirling Castle and are the favourite haunt of tourists who stop off at the Old Town Jail, Mar's Wark, Argyll's Lodging and the castle. Ballengeich Pass leads to the graveyard at Ballengeich and the Castle Wynd winds past the old graveyard. The Top of the Town from Broad Street upwards is renowned for its cobblestoned roads, and cars can be heard rattling over the cobblestones on the way down. Craft shops and tourist-focused shops are evident on the way up and one time at the top, panoramic views are usable across Stirling and beyond.

All areas

Historical place designation for Stirling town in 1858–61 were compiled by O.S. map makers.

Like most of the United Kingdom, Stirling has an oceanic climate Köppen Cfb with mild summers and cool, wet winters. Stirling has some of the warmest summers in all of Scotland, being relatively far away from the cooling effects of the North Sea and the Firth of Clyde.