Historic Scotland (Historic Environment Scotland) offer ‘Explorer Tickets’ that enable you to visit multiple sites over a number of days to save on entry fees if visiting more than one site and also give you fast track entry for Stirling Castle and Edinburgh Castle. For more information go to: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/explorer.
Some of their historic sites have also been used as film sets for Outlander.
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/media/3415/outlander-itinerary-trade.pdf
Properties within a 1-hour drive include:-
Dumbarton Castle located on Dumbarton Rock overlooking the Clyde estuary.
Newark Castle located across the other side of the River Clyde in Port Glasgow.
Inchmahome Priory located on an island in the middle of Lake Menteith (the only ‘lake’ in Scotland). Located just off the Stirling Road.
Doune Castle, in Doune near Stirling was a film set for the famous Monty Python film ‘The Life of Brian’.
Stirling Castle & Argyll’s Lodgings situated high above Stirling with panoramic views of the surrounding valley and over to the Wallace Monument.
There are up to 30 properties within a 1.5 hour drive range of Crosskeys.
The World’s first and only rotating boat lift. Completed in 2002 the huge Falkirk wheel re-connects the Fourth & Clyde and Union canals after the 11 original lock gates were dismantled in the 1930’s. Also an opportunity to visit the famous Kelpieshttps://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/falkirk-wheel/
Located on the banks of Loch Lomond, off the A82, 5 miles north of Crosskeys. Occupation of this area dates back to medieval times, but much of the village and the neat rows of cottages were built in the 18th and 19th centuries to house workers from the nearby slate quarries and featured in the […]
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a revolutionary architect and designer and The Hill House is considered to be his domestic masterpiece. Mackintosh and his wife Margaret created almost everything, from the building itself to the furniture and textiles. More examples of his work can be seen in Glasgow.https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-hill-house
