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Bannockburn

Bannockburn Heritage Trail

Distance: 3 miles/4.8 kms, Time:1 hour 30mins

Corn fieldA walk, starting from the National Trust for Scotland’s Bannockburn Heritage Centre (well worth a visit), across fields (muddy in wet weather) and along well surfaced paths.

Start from the Bannockburn Heritage Centre car park, and walk up to the monument. The Bannockburn Monument commemorates the Battle of Bannockburn in June 1314, between the Scots and the English. The statue is of King Robert the Bruce who led the Scots to victory.

From the flagpole follow a path downhill, which leads onto the road to Chartershall. Turn right just past the Borestone Bowling Club and walk into Chartershall village. Just before the stone bridge (dated 1747) over the Bannock Burn turn left through a metal gate.

Follow the left hand side of the field alongside the Old Mill Lade. Go through another metal gate and continue to New Line Road. Cross the road and follow the public path to the A872 Glasgow Road.

Cross this road, turn right and at the petrol station take the road which runs behind it signed ‘Milton’. At Milton Farm turn left and follow the public path signposted to ‘Bannockburn’. At the fork, bear right onto a track signposted to ‘The Falls’. On the right you can see the remains of a well, which served Beaton’s Mill (where James III was assassinated in 1488 after the nearby battle of Sauchieburn).

Cross the metal bridge over the burn and continue along the path. At the junction follow the public path signposted ‘Coal Wynd’. At the next junction, turn left along a track leading uphill.

Continue straight ahead, descending into Bannockburn before turning left down ‘The Brae’ to the Haugh Bridge. Bannockburn was once a major centre for tartan weaving – the remains of some mills can still be seen near the Haugh Bridge.

Turn left before the bridge and follow the path signed to Milton. Keep left and follow the path upstream to the weir. Turn right cross the footbridge to join a track, which leads uphill back to Milton Farm. Turn right and along Glasgow Road back to the BannockburnHeritage Centre.