Gargunnock
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 7 ′ N , 4 ° 5 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 752 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | STIRLING | ||
| ZIP code section | FK8 | ||
| prefix | 01786 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Stirling | ||
| British Parliament | Stirling | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Stirling | ||
Gargunnock is a town in the Scottish Council Area Stirling . Gargunnock is located about nine kilometers west of Stirling and 28 kilometers north-northeast of central Glasgow . In 2011 there were 752 inhabitants.
Between 1795 and 1923 the nationally important whiskey distillery Glenfoyle was operated in Gargunnock , which was created from the split up of the former Kepp distillery . The Easterkepp distillery, which emerged as the second operation from the split, was closed in 1842. There are many commuters living in Gargunnock today.
Web links
Commons : Gargunnock - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census
- ^ A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, p. 295.
- ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland