Near Airdrie, Cumbernauld & Falkirk
in North Lanarkshire - Scotland

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Easter Glentore Farm - Location

Ideally situated in open countryside on a farm with panoramic views. Excellent touring base for Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh.
Close to The Kelpies and the Falkirk Wheel.
If you are interested in history, you may like to know that The Battle of Falkirk Muir (January 1746) was the last Jacobite success of any importance. The Falkirk Muir Battlefield Trail opened to visitors in 2018.

  • Easy access from M8, M74, M80 and M9 motorways.
  • Within 20 miles, visit Glasgow, Falkirk, Linlithgow and Stirling.
  • Within 30 miles, visit Edinburgh, Biggar, Callander.
  • Within 40 miles, visit Loch Lomond and The Trossachs.
  • Within 50 miles, visit Ayr, Perth, Peebles, North Berwick, St Andrews.

Horse riding near the farm

Outlander connections

Some of the Outlander TV series was filmed in our area in locations such as Fannyside Loch, Muiravonside Country Park, Callender House and Park, Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, as well as at the main film studio in Cumbernauld.
Muiravonside was also used in filming Outlaw King - the 2018 Netflix movie about Robert the Bruce.

Blackness Castle (22 miles from Easter Glentore) was used to film Fort William in the Outlander TV show. This 15th century fortress was built for the Crichtons overlooking the Firth of Forth with magnificent views. It is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland and is open to visitors all year round.

Blackness Castle Blackness Castle photo © McFarlaneMo (CC BY 2.0)

Distances in miles
Cumbernauld 5
Airdrie 6
Falkirk 8
Stirling 18
Glasgow City Centre 20
Glasgow International Airport 28
Edinburgh 29
Edinburgh Airport 26
Lanark 25

Stay for a week at our self catering accommodation, and you can take 7 day trips to explore different areas of Scotland:

  1. PERTH, SCONE PALACE, CRIEFF, GLENTURRET DISTILLERY AND LOCHEARN
  2. CALLANDER, THE TROSSACHS AND ABERFOYLE
  3. ST ANDREWS AND THE FIFE COAST
  4. EDINBURGH, NORTH BERWICK, TANTALLON CASTLE & EAST LOTHIAN
  5. CLYDE COAST TO LARGS
  6. AYRSHIRE, CULZEAN CASTLE AND BURN'S COUNTRY
  7. MELROSE, SCOT COUNTRY AND THE BORDERS
Autumn in the Trossachs Autumn in the Trossachs

Places to visit:

  • Falkirk Wheel (unique boat lift) reconnecting the Forth & Clyde Canal with the Union Canal (8 miles from us). Boat trips and mini golf.
  • The Helix is a park near Falkirk which is home to The Kelpies (award-winning horse sculptures). Visitor centre and guided tours. Just 8 miles from Easter Glentore Farm.

Palacerigg Country Park is about 3 miles away and is the "countryside for wildlife and for people" and this has been Palacerigg's aim since the early 1970s as hundreds of thousands of mainly native trees were established over an upland livestock farm. Palacerigg today is the largest forest sanctuary in central Scotland, home to thriving wild populations of roe deer, badgers, hares and owls. Over the expanses of heather moorland and farming fields, visitors can watch red deer, fallow deer, reindeer, as well as ancient White Park cattle, rare breeds of sheep and ponies.

Bird watchers will be interested to know that a flock of about 250 Scandinavian Bean Geese can usually be seen from around October until the end of January on the Slamannan plateau between Falkirk and Cumbernauld.

The Kelpies at The Helix The Kelpies
Falkirk Wheel Falkirk Wheel
Falkirk Wheel Falkirk Wheel

Callender House Callender House

Robert the Bruce Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce Robert the Bruce

Bothwell Castle Bothwell Castle

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Chatelherault Country park Chatelherault Country park

Outdoors:

We are not far from sections 4 and 5 (Kilsyth - Falkirk - Linlithgow) of the John Muir Way which stretches 134 miles (215 km) across Scotland from coast to coast. It stars in Helensburgh in the west and can be walked/cycled to Dunbar on the east coast where you can visit John Muir's Birthplace Museum.

  • Falls of Clyde Visitor Centre operated by the Scottish Wildlife Trust at New Lanark explores the waterfalls, woodlands and wildlife. Badger and bat walks, plus peregrine watching.
  • Abundance of local wildlife.
  • Palacerigg Country Park.
  • Fannyside RSPB Reserve.
  • Cycle paths.
  • Fishing nearby.

Golf Courses:

  • Palacerigg - 3 miles.
  • Westerwood - 5 miles.
  • Dullatur - 5.5 miles.
  • Airdrie - 5 miles
  • Drumpellier - 7 miles.
  • Glenberrie - 10 miles.

New Lanark New Lanark World Heritage site

Fireworks at Edinburgh Castle Fireworks at Edinburgh Castle

Stirling Stirling and the Wallace Monument

Scone Palace Scone Palace

Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo