Clackmannan

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Clackmannan is a small historic town in central Scotland that once served as the county town of Clackmannanshire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
administrativeHistory formerly administrative centre of the county of Clackmannanshire
coordinateLocation 56.107°N 3.752°W
country Scotland
dialCode 01259
distanceFromEdinburgh about 25 miles
distanceFromStirling about 8 miles
formerRole county town of Clackmannanshire
governingBody Clackmannanshire Council
hasCategory County towns in Scotland
Towns in Clackmannanshire
hasFeature historic core around the mercat cross
residential community
hasHeritageStatus historic town
hasLandmark Clackmannan Tolbooth
Clackmannan Tower
Mercat cross of Clackmannan
hasReligiousBuilding Clackmannan Parish Church
historicCounty Clackmannanshire
lieutenancyArea Clackmannanshire
locatedIn Clackmannanshire
central Scotland
locatedNear Alloa
River Forth
nameEtymology derived from Gaelic, possibly meaning "stone of Mannan"
OSGridReference NS912915
parliamentaryConstituencyScotland Clackmannanshire
surface form: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane
parliamentaryConstituencyUK Ochil and South Perthshire
postcodeArea FK
postcodeDistrict FK10
postTown Clackmannan self-linksurface differs
surface form: CLACKMANNAN
region Forth Valley
roadAccess A907 road
A977 road NERFINISHED
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST
traditionalIndustry agriculture
brewing
coal mining
unitaryAuthority Clackmannanshire Council

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Clackmannan Tower locatedIn Clackmannan
Alloa hasNearbyTown Clackmannan
Clackmannan postTown Clackmannan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: CLACKMANNAN
Ralph Abercromby parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Clackmannan
this entity surface form: Clackmannan, Kinross and Clackmannan