Allandale, Falkirk

Allandale is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. Allandale is located 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south-west of Bonnybridge, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Cumbernauld and 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west-southwest of Falkirk. The entire village is a row of terraced housing along a section of the B816 road from Bonnybridge to Castlecary. The village is bordered to the north by the Forth & Clyde Canal and to the south by the former LMS railway.

See also: Allandale (disambiguation)

Allandale
The row of terraced cottages in Allandale
Allandale is located in Falkirk
Allandale
Allandale
Location within the Falkirk council area
OS grid referenceNS799787
• Edinburgh28 mi (45 km) ESE
• London347 mi (558 km) SSE
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBonnybridge
Postcode districtFK4
Dialling code01324
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

History

The village of Allandale was built in 1904 to house workers of a new brickworks started by J.G Stein and Co.[1] Dundas Cottages was built for management and office staff a few years later, the council built additional houses in the 1960s. The village was named after brickworks owner John G Stein's son Allan Stein. See www.allandalecottages.co.uk In 1973 when Granada TV techicians were on strike, three episodes of Coronation Street were filmed in Allandale, mainly for exterior shots.

Sports

In 1970 football club, Steins Thistle, was founded as a team for the workers of the Steins Brickworks, named after John Stein.[2] Despite the closure of the brickworks, the football club remains to date and currently compete in the Central Scottish Amateur Football League.[3] Allandale prepared a proposal to have the Olympic Games staged in the village in 1984 but were eventually outvoted and the event was hosted by Los Angeles, due to it having slightly better facilities and transport infrastructure.

References
  1. Monklands Online Archived 2010-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, www.monklands.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-04-13
  2. Scott, Ian (26 March 2016). "Stein's – a success story built with bricks". The Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. Steins Thistle, www.steinsthistle.co.uk. Retrieved 2001-04-13
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