Official Name: | Maddiston |
Scots Name: | Maudirstoun |
Label Position: | left |
Country: | Scotland |
Population Ref: | |
Os Grid Reference: | NS941765 |
Edinburgh Distance: | 19.8miles ESE |
London Distance: | 343miles SSE |
Map Alt: | Maddiston is in the south-east of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland. |
Coordinates: | 55.97°N -3.6977°W |
Post Town: | FALKIRK |
Postcode Area: | FK |
Postcode District: | FK2 |
Dial Code: | 01324 |
Constituency Westminster: | Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Civil Parish: | Muiravonside |
Unitary Scotland: | Falkirk |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Stirling and Falkirk |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Falkirk East |
Website: | falkirk.gov.uk |
Static Image Name: | Maddiston - geograph.org.uk - 85330.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Housing in Maddiston, overlooking the Forth Valley |
Static Image Alt: | A row of housing on a downhill street with bare trees lining the opposite side, a view of the Forth Valley and Ochil Hills in the background. |
Maddiston is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It lies 3.8miles west-southwest of Linlithgow, 1.3miles south of Polmont and 0.6miles south-east of Rumford at the south-east edge of the Falkirk urban area.
Based on the United Kingdom 2001 census, Falkirk council reported the population of Maddiston as being 2,952 residents, a 40% rise since 1991.[1] The subsequent census in 2011 reported the population as 3,099, an increase of 174 residents (5.9%).[2]
Maddiston (historically Maudirstoun) is in the parish of Muiravonside and its first known reference is in documents in the fifteenth century.[3]