Official Name: | Muirhouses |
Label Position: | left |
Country: | Scotland |
Population: | 235 |
Population Ref: | [1] (2001 census) |
Os Grid Reference: | NT017804 |
Edinburgh Distance: | 15.4miles ESE |
London Distance: | 342miles SSE |
Map Alt: | Muirhouses is in the east of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland. Near Firth of Forth |
Coordinates: | 56.007°N -3.576°W |
Post Town: | BO'NESS |
Postcode Area: | EH |
Postcode District: | EH51 |
Dial Code: | 01506 |
Constituency Westminster: | Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Civil Parish: | Bo'ness and Carriden |
Unitary Scotland: | Falkirk |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Stirling and Falkirk |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Falkirk East |
Website: | falkirk.gov.uk |
Static Image: | Muirhouses. - geograph.org.uk - 65184.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The village of Muirhouses looking north to the River Forth and Ochil Hills. |
Static Image Alt: | A photograph showing the village of Muirhouses in the foreground and looking north to the River Forth and Ochils in the background. |
Muirhouses is a small village which lies in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is located 1.1miles south-east of Bo'ness, 2.1miles north-northeast of Linlithgow and 8miles east of Falkirk. Muirhouses sits near to the south bank of the Firth of Forth close to the council boundary line between Falkirk and West Lothian councils.
Access to the village can be gained from the south by the A993 road and from the north by the A904 road. At the time of the 2001 census the village had a population of 235 residents.