Castle · On the route
Linlithgow Palace
Ruined palace in West Lothian, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0Forth Valley Tourist Route
A short signed tourist route from South Queensferry on the edge of Edinburgh west through Linlithgow, Grangemouth and Falkirk to Bannockburn, just south of Stirling.
- Distance
- 41 miles (65 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Lothian, Falkirk and Stirling
Follows the official route
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
A91A9A803A904A706M90A90
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 7 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 19
- Curvature
- 154 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 1
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 11 to mile 19. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 18 to mile 38, at 189 degrees of turning a mile.
- One motorcycle shop is within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Mostly town and A-road riding, with a short motorway stretch on the M90. It is a link route rather than a destination in itself.
On the way
- South Queensferry
- Linlithgow
- Falkirk
- Bannockburn
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in South QueensferryWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in BannockburnWhere the route ends
2Cover
Check your breakdown cover recovers a motorcycle, and from where. Some policies only cover you from home, or not at all on single track roads.
What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Castle · 0.4 km off the route
Kinneil House
Castle in Falkirk, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.7 km off the route
Torwood Castle
Castle in Falkirk, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Nigel J C Turnbull, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 1 km off the route
Plean Castle
Tower house in Stirling district, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.