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Ward 16 Kinneil and Whitecross
Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 12 where the Bo'ness Road, Grangemouth (A904) crosses the River Avon; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 14; then generally southeastward, along the said EW boundary to and generally westward, southeastward, southwestward and southward along the western boundary of EW 15 to the southern boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally southwestward along the said Council boundary to a point NG Ref NS 9546 7357 where the A801 crosses the River Avon at Torphichen bridge; then northwestward along the said road to and southwestward along the B825 to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 9335 7513 leading past the properties known as Craigend and Snabhead; then northwestward along the said unnamed road to an access road to the opencast workings at NG Ref NS 9312 7537; then northwestward to and a along a field boundary to its intersection with the Manuel Burn at NG Ref NS 9221 7588; then generally northeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the B805 at NG Ref NS 9402 7668; then southward along the said road to and northeastward along Vellore Road to where it crosses a tributary of the Manuel Burn at NG Ref NS 9439 7676; then generally northeastward along the said tributary to the Manuel Burn; then eastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the A801; then northeastward along the said road to and eastward along Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line to where it is crossed by an unnamed road to the south of the property known as Lathallan; then northward, eastward and northward along the said unnamed road, passing to the east of Avon Glen Quarry (disused), and the prolongation thereof in a straight line across the A803 to the M9 Motorway; then eastward along the said motorway to the railway line link between the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line and the private Bo'ness/Kinneil railway line; then northward along the said railway line to where it crosses the River Avon; then generally northwestward along the said river to the eastern boundary of EW 11; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 17 Forthside
Commencing on the northern boundary of Falkirk Council and the western boundary of Letham Moss at NG Ref NS 8732 8613; then generally northward, eastward and southeastward along the said Council boundary to the northern boundary of EW 12; then southwestward along the said EW boundary to and generally westward along the northern boundary of EW 9 to the northern boundary of EW 6; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to a point NG Ref NS 8909 8297 on the River Carron in line with the western curtilage of a Post Office on Main Street, Carrenshore; then northeastward to and along the said curtilage to Main Street; then northwestward along the said street to and westward along the path running north of the end of Blackmill Crescent and along the rear curtilages of the properties on the northern side of Burnside Place to the point where the path meets Mill Road; then northward along the said road to and northwestward along Roughlands Drive to a point in line with the northern curtilage of No 90 Roughlands Drive; then eastward to and along the said curtilage of the said property and its continuation as the curtilages of properties on Skaithmuir Crescent, Skaithmuir Avenue, Nos 101, 103 and 80 Webster Avenue and Symington Place to the southern boundary of a field south of the property known as Bensfield; then generally northeastward along the said field boundary to Kincardine Road north of Carronshore Primary School; then generally northward along the said road to and northeastward along a track to the south of the property known as Cuttyfield to the M9 motorway; then northwestward along the said motorway to junction 7; then northwestward to and generally northwestward by way of field boundaries to the southern boundary of Letham Moss at NG Ref NS 8849 8545; then generally westward and northwestward along the southern and western boundaries of Letham Moss to point of commencement.
Ward 18 Kinnaird
Commencing on the western boundary of EW 17 and the western boundary of Letham Moss at a point NG Ref NS 8732 8613; then generally southeastward and southward along the western boundary of EW 17 to and southwestward along the northern boundary of EW 6 to a point on the River Carron where it is crossed by Carron Road at the former Carron Ironworks; then northward along the said road to and westward along Stenhouse Road to Castle Drive; then northward along the said drive to the path at its northern end; then continuing northward along the said path to and eastward along another path leading to a Sports Centre to a point in line with rear curtilages of Nos 28 and 30 Holly Avenue; then northward to and along the said curtilages to a point in line with the north eastern curtilage of No 31 Holly Avenue; then northwestward to and along the said curtilage to the rear curtilage of the said property; then generally southwestward along the rear curtilages of the properties on the northern side of Holly Avenue to Ash Grove; then generally northward along the said grove to and westward along the path running along the rear curtilages of Nos 10 to 12 Rose Terrace to the paved track leading northward along the rear curtilages of the properties on eastern side of Bruce Drive; then northward along the said track to and northeastward along Johnston Avenue to Alloa Road; then northwestward along the said road to and northeastward along King Street to an unnamed road leading northwards between Corrie Avenue and Cluny Drive; then northwestward along the said unnamed road to and eastward and northeastward along Edward Avenue to the roundabout junction with Bellsdyke Road; then westward along the said road to a track leading past Hill O'Kinnaird Cottages; then northwestward and northward along the said track to the M9 Motorway ; then generally northwestward along the said motorway to the northern boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally northeastward along the said Council boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 19 Carrongrange
Commencing on the western boundary of EW 18 at the junction between Johnston Avenue and the paved track running along the rear curtilages of the properties on the eastern side of Bruce Drive; then generally southward along the said EW boundary to and southwestward along the northern boundary of EW 7 to the northern boundary of EW 2; then generally westward along the said EW boundary to the confluence of How Burn with the River Carron at NG Ref NS 8707 8208; then northwestward along the said burn to the Mill Lade; then westward across the Mill Lade to the rear curtilage of No 7 Acorn Crescent; then generally northwestward along the rear curtilages of the properties on the eastern side of Acorn Crescent, Oak Drive and Forbes Crescent to the eastern curtilage of No 9 Forbes Crescent; then northward to and generally northward along the How Burn to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 5 Waverley Terrace; then northeastward to and northwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 5 to 1 Waverley Terrace to and along the western boundary of Larbert West Church and the continuation in a straight line to Main Street, Stenhousemuir; then northeastward along the said Street to and southward along Sutton Park Crescent to Johnston Avenue; then northeastward along the said avenue to point of commencement.
Ward 20 Tryst
Commencing on the western boundary of EW 18 at the point where the M9 meets the northern boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally southeastward and southwestward along the said boundary of the said EW to and southwestward along the northern boundary of EW 19 and continuing southwestward along Main Street, Stenhousemuir to and along Main Street, Larbert to where it crosses the Glasgow to Stirling railway line; then northward along the said railway line to and eastward along the northern boundary of Falkirk Council to point of commencement.
Ward 21 Larbert
Commencing on the western boundary of EW 20 where the Glasgow to Stirling railway line meets the northern boundary of Falkirk Council; then southeastward and northeastward along the western and southern boundaries of the said EW to and southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 19 to the western boundary of EW 2; then generally southward along the said EW boundary to and westward along the northern boundary of EW 1 to where it is crossed by the A803; then westward along the said road to and northwestward along the A883 to a point in line with an unnamed watercourse northwest of the junction with Lochlands Loan; then northwestward to and along the said unnamed watercourse to and generally westward along the River Carron to where it is crossed by the M876 Motorway; then northeastward along the said motorway to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 8399 8285 south of Oakbank Wood; then generally westward along the said unnamed road to a point in line with the western boundary of Mine Wood; then generally northwestward by way of field boundaries from the western boundary of Mine Wood to the eastern boundary of Pamphellgoat Wood; then generally northward along the eastern boundary of the said wood and the western boundary of the Tor Wood to the northern boundary of Falkirk Council; then eastward along the said Council boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 22 Herbertshire
Commencing on the northern boundary of Falkirk Council and the western boundary of EW 21 where they meet at the western boundary of the Tor Wood; then generally southward along the said EW boundary to where the M876 Motorway crosses the River Carron; then generally northwestward along the said river to where it is crossed by a bridge at NG Ref NS 8122 8332; then southeastward along the said bridge and continuing southeastward along a path to a point in line with Gill Park; then westward to and along Gill Park to the northern curtilage of No 37 Gill Park; then westward along the said curtilage to and southward along the western curtilages of Nos 37 to 47 Gill Park to a point in line with the northern curtilage of No 21 Haughs Way; then westward to and southward along the western curtilages of Nos 21 to 25 Haughs Way and the continuation in a straight line to Herbertshire Street; then westward along the said street to and southward along The Vennel to Broad Street; then westward along the said street and its continuation as Duke Street to Nethermains Road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road leading under the M80 past St John's Gardens and Holm Cottage; then westward along the said road to and southward along the M80 to where it is crossed by Myothill Road; then westward along the said road to and northward and westward along an unnamed road running along the eastern and northern boundaries of Drumbowie Reservoir to the point where it crosses the Castlerankine Burn; then westward along the said burn to the western boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally northward and eastward along the western and northern boundaries of the said Council to point of commencement.
Ward 23 Denny
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 22 at the point where the River Carron is crossed by a dismantled railway line; then generally southeastward along the said EW boundary to where it meets the M876 Motorway; then southwestward along the said motorway to a point in line with the eastern boundary of Chacefield Wood; then northward to and generally northward and westward along the eastern and northern boundaries of the said wood and the continuation westward by way of field boundaries to Glasgow Road, Denny; then northward along the said road to and westward along the access road to the eastern end of Shanks Avenue to Shanks Avenue; then northwestward to and along Lochhead Avenue to and westward along Loney Crescent to and northward along Shanks Avenue to Anderson Drive; then southwestward along the said drive to and northward along Bulloch Crescent to a path running along the southern boundary of Nethermains Primary School; then westward and southwestward along the said path to the subway under Nethermains Road; then northward along the said road to and southwestward along Sclandersburn Road to the southern boundary of EW 22; then generally northward and northeastward along the said EW boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 24 Denny South
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 23 where Sclandersburn Road crosses the M80 Motorway; then generally eastward and southeastward along the said EW boundary to where it meets the M876 Motorway; then southwestward along the said motorway to and northward along the M80 Motorway to point of commencement.
Ward 25 Bonnybridge
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 21 and the eastern boundary of EW 23 where the River Carron is crossed by the M876 Motorway; then generally southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 21 to and southwestward along the western boundary of EW 1 to the western boundary of EW 2; then westward along the said boundary to where the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line crosses the Rowantree Burn; then generally northward along the said burn to and westward and southwestward along the Forth and Clyde Canal to NG Ref NS 8172 7954 and a point in line with a path leading to Bonnybridge Road; then northwestward to and northwestward, northeastward and northwestward along the said path to and northeastward along Bonnybridge Road to a point in line with the rear curtilages of the properties on the western side of Dickburn Crescent; then northward to and generally northward along the said rear curtilages and the western curtilages of the western most properties of Alloway Crescent and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the southern boundary of EW 24; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to and northeastward along the eastern boundary of EW 23 to point of commencement.
Ward 26 Banknock
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 22 where the western boundary of Falkirk Council meets the Castlerankine Burn; then generally eastward along the said EW boundary to and southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of EW 24 to the western boundary of EW 25; then generally southeastward, southwestward and southeastward along the said EW boundary to where it meets the Forth and Clyde Canal; then southwestward along the said canal to where it crosses the Skipperton Burn; then generally southward, southwestward and southeastward along the Skipperton Burn to the eastern boundary of Castlecary High Wood; then southward along the said boundary of the said wood and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the southern boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally westward and northwestward along the southern and western boundaries of the said Council to point of commencement.
Ward 27 Laurieston
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 9 where the M9 Motorway crosses an unnamed burn northeast of Newlands Cottage; then southeastward along the said EW boundary to and continuing southeastward along the western boundary of EW 10 to where the A905 crosses the Polmont Burn west of Burnside Nursery; then generally southeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by Station Road, Polmont; then southward along the said road to and westward along the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line to a point in line with the western boundary of St Margaret's Primary School; then northward to and northward and eastward along the western and northern boundaries of the said School to Salmon Inn Road; then northwestward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilages of the properties on the southern side of Cranshaws Drive; then westward to and along the said rear curtilages to and northward along the western curtilages of the western most properties on Cranshaws Drive and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Gairloch Crescent; then generally northwestward along the said crescent to and northeastward along Westquarter Avenue to Polmont Road; then northwestward along the said road to where it crosses the Westquarter Burn; then generally northwestward along the said burn to where it is crossed by Park Crescent at NG Ref NS 9142 7921; then southward and westward along the said crescent to a point NG Ref NS 9129 7912 in line with an unnamed property on the southern side of Park Crescent; then southwestward to and southwestward and northwestward along the eastern and southern curtilages of the said unnamed property and the prolongation thereof in a straight line to the Westquarter Burn; then southward and southwestward along the said burn to the eastern boundary of EW 5; then northward along the said EW boundary to and northward along the eastern boundary of EW 4 to the southern boundary of EW 8; then northward and northeastward along the said EW boundary to and eastward and northeastward along the southern boundary of EW 9 to point of commencement.
Ward 28 Polmont
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 11 at the junction between Inchyra Road (B9143) and Wholeflats Road; then southeastward along the said EW boundary to the western boundary of EW 16; then generally southeastward, westward, southward and southwestward along the said EW boundary to where it meets the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line; then westward along the said railway line to and generally northwestward along the eastern boundary of EW 27 to the southern boundary of EW 10; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to and northeastward along the southern boundary of EW 11 to the point of commencement.
Ward 29 Redding and Westquarter
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 27 at the point where the Westquarter Burn is crossed the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line; then generally northeastward eastward, southeastward and eastward along the said EW boundary to and eastward along the southern boundary of EW 28 to NG Ref NS 9417 7800 where Ercall Road crosses the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line; then southwestward along the said road to and northwestward along Maddiston Road and its continuation as Redding Road to where it crosses the Edinburgh to Falkirk (Grahamston) railway line; then northwestward along the said railway line to point of commencement;
Ward 30 Darnrig
Commencing on the western boundary of EW 2 where the Rowantree Burn is crossed by the Stirling to Glasgow railway line; then southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of the said EW to and generally southeastward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of EW 3 to the southern boundary of EW 5; then eastward along the said EW boundary to where it meets the Westquarter Burn; then generally southward along the said burn to a drain line running to the south of the Works at Hillcrest; then southeastward along the said drain and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Main Street, Shieldhill (B810); then northeastward along the said road to a point NG Ref NS 9063 7729 in line with a field boundary; then southward to and southeastward and southward along the said field boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the Polmont Burn; then southwestward along the said burn to where it meets the northern boundary of Gardrum Moss; then westward along the northern boundary of Gardrum Moss and Darnrig Moss to the Garbethill Burn; then generally westward along the said burn to the western boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally westward along the said Council boundary to and generally northwestward and northeastward along the eastern boundary of EW 26 to the southern boundary of EW 25; then northeastward, eastward and southward along the said EW boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 31 Reddingmuirhead, Brightons and Rumford
Commencing on the southwestern boundary of EW 29 at the point where the Westquarter Burn is crossed the Edinburgh to Falkirk (Grahamston) railway line; then southeastward and northeastward along the southwestern and southern boundaries of the said EW to and southeastward along the southern boundary of EW28 to the western boundary of EW 16; then southward and southwestward along the said EW boundary to where a field boundary meets the Manuel Burn southeast of the property known as Glenhead at NG Ref NS 9221 7588; then continuing southwestward, northwestward, northward and northwestward along the said field boundary and the prolongation thereof in a straight line to a point NG Ref NS 9195 7638 on California Road; then northeastward along the said road to the western entrance of an access road to Greenwells; then northward and northeastward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary south of the access road to the property known as Crossgatehead; then northward to and along the said field boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Sunnyside Road; then westward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road leading to Waggon Road; then northward along the said unnamed road to and southwestward along Waggon Road to and northward along Wallacestone Brae to where it crosses the Polmont Burn; then southwestward along the said burn to the eastern boundary of EW 30; then generally northward along the said EW boundary to and generally northeastward along the eastern boundary of EW 5 to point of commencement.
Ward 32 Avon
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 30 where the Garbethill Burn meets the western boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to and northeastward, southeastward, southwestward and southeastward along the western boundary of EW 31 to the western boundary of EW 16; then southeastward, northeastward and southeastward along the said EW boundary to the southern boundary of Falkirk Council; then southwestward, northwestward and northeastward along the southern and western boundaries of the said Council boundary to point of commencement.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Falkirk Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of Falkirk Council is divided into 32 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.
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