Stirling (authority)

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Unitary authority in central Scotland, created in 1996 from Stirling district, Central region.

Area
2,196 sq km/848 sq mi

Towns
Dunblane, Stirling (administrative headquarters), Aberfoyle

Physical
mountainous to the north, including the forested Trossachs, and the open moorland north and west of Breadalbane, within the flood plain of the River Forth to the south around Sterling. The area contains many famous Scottish lochs (Tay, Katrine, Lomond) and Scotland's only lake (Lake of Menteith). Peaks include Ben More (1,174 m/3,852 ft) and Ben Venue (727 m/2,385 ft)

Features
Bannockburn Heritage Centre; Stirling Castle (most visited paid attraction in Scotland outside Edinburgh)

Industries
tourism, light engineering

Agriculture
forestry and stock rearing in the uplands, while in the lowlands some of the richest agricultural lands in Scotland may be found, including the Carse of Gowrie

Population
(2001) 86,200

History
William Wallace won battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297; English defeated at Bannockburn by Robert the Bruce in 1314; battle at Sheriffmuir in 1715 between Jacobites and Hanoverians

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