Camelon

Camelon

infobox UK place
country = Scotland
official_name= Camelon
gaelic_name=
scots_name= Kemlin
population=
population_density=
area_total_sq_mi=
os_grid_reference= NS865805
latitude= 56.004496
longitude= -3.819549
unitary_scotland= Falkirk
lieutenancy_scotland= Stirling and Falkirk
constituency_westminster=
constituency_scottish_parliament=
post_town=
postcode_district =
postcode_area= FK1
dial_code= 01324
edinburgh_distance=
london_distance=

Camelon is a village within the Falkirk council area, in central Scotland.

Camelon was the site of a flight of locks until the Falkirk Wheel joined the Union Canal with the Forth and Clyde Canal.

The present Camelon railway station was opened in 1994.

port

Football

Camelon is home to the junior football club Camelon Juniors.

External links

* [http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/home/index.php?id=29 Falkirk Local History Society page on Camelon]

* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst305.html Gazetteer for Scotland webpage on Camelon]

* [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/calatogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_110/110_513_517.pdf "Fire pits in Camelon" (Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments)]

ee also

*List of places in Falkirk Council area


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