SAW018847 SCOTLAND (1948). Falkirk, general view, showing Montgomery Street and West Mains. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a print.
© Copyright OpenStreetMap contributors and licensed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. 2025. Cartography is licensed as CC BY-SA.
Details
| Title | [SAW018847] Falkirk, general view, showing Montgomery Street and West Mains. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a print. |
| Reference | SAW018847 |
| Date | 1948 |
| Link | NRHE Collection item 1314894 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | FALKIRK |
| District | FALKIRK |
| Country | SCOTLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 290757, 681362 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.7524423067395, 56.012766194147 |
| National Grid Reference | NS908814 |
Pins
 Railway and Forth & Clyde Canal - the Swing Bridge is just off the photo to the left. |
Mike Holder |
Friday 23rd of October 2020 11:45:44 AM |
| West Mains which lies just to the east of the railway line and south of the Forth and Clyde Canal. |
Mike Holder |
Friday 23rd of October 2020 11:44:10 AM |
| Grangemouth/Falkirk Road bridge over railway line coming down from the Aluminium Works to the NW. |
Mike Holder |
Friday 23rd of October 2020 11:41:28 AM |
| Mid Thorn which lies just to the SW of the Grangemouth Road bridge over the railway. |
Mike Holder |
Friday 23rd of October 2020 11:39:06 AM |
| Westfield - which lies between the Grangemouth Road to the north and Cunningham Gardens to the south. |
Mike Holder |
Friday 23rd of October 2020 11:36:09 AM |
| Cunningham Gardens |
Mike Holder |
Friday 23rd of October 2020 11:34:16 AM |
| Now Helix Park. |
Speed |
Wednesday 10th of September 2014 10:31:17 PM |
| Skinflats. |
Alex Buchanan |
Monday 30th of June 2014 09:45:47 PM |
| This road is naturally called Grangemouth Road. Wish it looked like the photo, it is now a very busy road. Oh! how times change |
buchanan |
Friday 14th of June 2013 06:47:31 PM |
| West Mains Farm. Falkirk New Football Stadium and the new Fire Station are now built on this land. |
buchanan |
Friday 14th of June 2013 06:45:45 PM |
I think this was Westfield farm. The fire station is on the same patch, but further south. |
Alex Buchanan |
Monday 30th of June 2014 09:41:56 PM |
| Alexanders blue bird bus |
buchanan |
Friday 14th of June 2013 06:42:51 PM |
| Kincardine Bridge (was a swing bridge at one point) to allow ships to sail up the River Forth as far as Stirling |
buchanan |
Friday 14th of June 2013 06:39:53 PM |
| West Mains Farm, hard to believe this is all housing now |
buchanan |
Thursday 30th of May 2013 12:13:13 AM |
| This became known as lower Bog |
buchanan |
Thursday 30th of May 2013 12:12:01 AM |
Yes it is the low bog and it is Montgomery Street to be precise and again if you look it is just like a building site, so they're just building it. |
Alex Buchanan |
Monday 30th of June 2014 09:44:43 PM |
| Bus on it's way to Grangemouth |
buchanan |
Thursday 30th of May 2013 12:09:05 AM |