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The Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 No. 3254 (S. 210)

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 3254 (S. 210)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

Made

16th December 1998

Coming into force

1st January 1999

Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(1), as read with Schedule 5 to that Act(2), the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 30th September 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of Falkirk Council;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Falkirk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

Interpretation

2. In the Schedule to this Order-“

(a)a reference to-“

(i)an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

(ii)a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and

(b)the following abbreviations are used:-“

Electoral arrangements

3. The area of Falkirk Council shall be divided into 32 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

Henry B McLeish

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

16th December 1998

Article 3

SCHEDULEELECTORAL WARDS

Ward 1 Camelon

Commencing at the point where the Glasgow to Falkirk and Stirling railway crosses beneath the Forth and Clyde Canal at NG Ref NS 8518 8031, then following the centreline of the railway track northeastward to the Carmuirs West Junction; then northeastward along the centre of the Glasgow to Falkirk (Grahamston) branch railway line to Carmuirs East Junction; then eastward along the centreline of the Stirling to Falkirk railway track to the bridge across the A9 Stirling Road, Falkirk; then southward along the centreline of Stirling Road to its junction with Main Street, Camelon; then eastward along the centreline of Main Street, Camelon to its junction with Union Road; then southward along the centreline of Union Road to Lock 16 on the Forth and Clyde canal; returning westward along the centre of the Forth and Clyde canal to the point where it crosses over the Glasgow to Falkirk and Stirling railway and point of commencement.

Ward 2 Summerford

Commencing at the boundary with EW 1 - where the Glasgow to Falkirk (Grahamston) railway bridge crosses the A9, Stirling Road, Falkirk and following the centreline of Stirling Road northwestward to and northeastward along a track leading to a footbridge across the River Carron at NG Ref NS 8668 8133; then generally northeastward along the said river to NG Ref NS 8768 8193; then southeastward in a straight line to a point NG Ref NS 8790 8155 on the western boundary of a wooded area to the west of Mungal Farm; then generally southward along the boundary of the said wooded area to and generally southward along the Mungal Burn to where it is crossed by the Northern Distributor Road; then southwestward along the centreline of the said road to the roundabout at the start of the said road; then southeastward along the centreline of Camelon Road to and southwestward along Glenfuir Road to a point due northwest of the point where western and rear curtilages of Nos 25-27 Rosebank Avenue meet; then southeastward to and southward along the western curtilage of the said property and continuing southward along the rear curtilages of the western most properties on Springfield Drive and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the Antonine Wall; then westward along the said wall to and northwestward along the centreline of Westburn Avenue to its junction with Blinkbonny Road; then southward along the centreline of the said road to and southeastward along the centreline of Windsor Road to its junction with Balmoral Drive; then southward along the centreline of the said drive to a point on Bantaskine Street in line with the curtilage between Nos 81 and 83 Bantaskine Street; then southward to and along the said curtilage and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line; then westward along the centreline of the said railway line to where it crosses the Rowantree Burn; then generally northward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the Falkirk to Glasgow railway line; then eastward along the centreline of the said railway line to the southern boundary of EW 1; then eastward and generally northward along the southern and eastern boundaries of the said EW boundary to point of commencement.

Ward 3 Woodlands

Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 2 at the junction between Blinkbonny Road and Westburn Avenue; then southeastward along the said EW boundary and continuing eastward along the centreline of Westburn Avenue to and southwestward along the centreline of Majors Loan to Rennie Street; then eastward along the centreline of Rennie Street to and southward along the centreline of Griffiths Street to Cow Wynd; then generally southwestward along the centreline of Cow Wynd and its continuation as High Station Road to and southward along the centreline of Glen Brae to Slamannan Road; then westward along the centreline of the said road to and southeastward along the centreline of the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line to where it is crossed by Glen Brae; then southward along the centreline of the said brae and its continuation as the B8028 to where it crosses the Glen Burn; then generally westward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the B803; then northward along the centreline of the said road to a point NG Ref NS 8686 7837 in line with the western boundary of a strip of woodland; then northward to and along the said boundary to Lochgreen Road; then northeastward along the centreline of the said road to and generally westward along the centreline of Greenbank Road to and westward along the centreline of a track to the south of Tamfourhill Wood to a point in line with the eastern boundary of the said wood; then northward to and along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the southern boundary of EW 2; then eastward and generally northward along the southern and eastern boundaries of the said EW to point of commencement.

Ward 4 Town Centre

Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 2 where the Northern Distributor Road crosses the Stirling to Falkirk railway line; then southeastward along the centreline of the said railway line to a point NG Ref NS 8901 8021 due south of the western perimeter of the industrial area at Ladysmill; then northward to and generally northeastward and eastward following the said western perimeter and the northern perimeter of the said industrial area to Victoria Road; then southeastward along the centreline of the said road to and generally eastward along Queen Street to its junction with Thornhill Road; then southeastward along the said road to a point in line with the southern boundary of Victoria Park at NG Ref NS 8952 8037; then northeastward to and along the said boundary of the said park to and southward along the western boundary of The Forth Centre to the access path at the eastern curtilage of No 28 Grangemouth Road; then southwestward and southeastward along the said path to the A904 (Grangemouth Road); then southwestward along the said road to where it is crossed by the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line; then southeastward along the said railway line to a point in line with the southern boundary wall of Callendar Park (Callendar Wood); then westward to and along the said boundary wall to its intersection with a path to the west of the Reservoir (covered) leading from Hallglen Road to Estate Avenue; then generally northwestward along the said path to and westward along Estate Avenue to a path leading to Kemper Avenue; then southwestward along the said path to and northward along Kemper Avenue to its junction with Arnot Street; then westward along the said street and St Crispin Place to and southwestward along Cow Wynd to the northern boundary of EW 3; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to and generally northeastward along the eastern boundary of EW 2 to point of commencement.

Ward 5 Hall Glen

Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 3 and the southern boundary of EW 4 at the junction between Griffiths Street and Cow Wynd; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 4 to and southeastward along the Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line to where it crosses the Westquarter Burn; then generally southwestward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the Union Canal; then westward along the said canal to the eastern boundary of EW 3; then generally northward along the said boundary of the said EW to point of commencement.

Ward 6 Dawson

Commencing at the point where the Carron Road, Falkirk crosses the River Carron; then generally northeastward and southeastward along the said river to its confluence with Ladysmill Burn; then generally southward and southwestward along the said burn to where it meets the Forth and Clyde Canal; then southwestward along the said canal to a point in line with eastern boundary of the Telephone Engineering Centre on The Roundel; then southward to and along the said boundary and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Etna Road; then southwestward along the said road and its continuation as Dalderse Avenue to and northwestward along the B902, Grahams Road, Main Street Bainsford and its continuation as Carron Road, Falkirk to point of commencement.

Ward 7 Grahamsford

Commencing on the western boundary of EW 6 at the point where Carron Road, Falkirk crosses the River Carron; then generally southeastward and northeastward along the western and southern boundaries of the said EW to the junction between Dalderse Avenue and Thornhill Road; then southeastward along Thornhill Road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of Nos 370 to 380 Thornhill Road; then southwestward to and along the said curtilage to the rear curtilage of the said properties; then generally southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 380 to 346 Thornhill Road to the rear curtilage of Nos 1 to 5 Thistle Street; then southward along the said curtilage to and westward along Thistle Street to a point in line with the rear curtilage of Nos 2 to 12 Thistle Street; then southward to and along the rear curtilage of Nos 2 to 12 Thistle Street, the rear curtilages of Nos 8 to 10 Wallace Place and the western curtilage of No 93 to 115 Wallace Street to Wallace Street; then eastward along the said street to a point in line with the western curtilage of No 92 to 94 Wallace Street; then southward to and southward and eastward along the western and southern boundaries of the said property to and southward along the western boundary of Firs Park football ground to the northern boundary of EW 4; then generally southwestward and westward along the said boundary of the said EW to and generally northward along the eastern boundary of EW 2 to where it meets the River Carron; then generally northeastward along the said river to point of commencement.

Ward 8 Middlefield

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 6 at the junction between Thornhill Road and Dalderse Avenue; then generally northeastward along the said boundary of the said EW to where it meets the railway line from Dalderse to Fouldubs Junction; then southeastward along the said railway line to where it is crossed by Laurieston Road; then southward along the said road to its crossing of the railway line from Fouldubs Junction to Falkirk (Grahamston); then southwestward along the said railway line to a point in line with the road leading south past the TA Centre; then southward to and along the said road to the northern boundary of EW 4; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to and generally northward along the eastern boundary of EW 7 to point of commencement.

Ward 9 Zetland

Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 6 at the confluence between Ladysmill Burn and the River Carron; then generally eastward along the said river to a point NG Ref NS 9200 8238; then southeastward in a straight line to and eastward along Dalgrain Road to a point NG Ref NS 9208 8231; then southward in a straight line to and northeastward along South Bridge Street to a point in line with a path leading along the eastern boundary of a timber yard, across Earls Road, to a footbridge over the Falkirk (Grahamston) to Grangemouth railway line and continuing to the southern end of Dundas Street; then northeastward along the said street to and southeastward along Wallace Street to Abbots Road; then southwestward along the said road to and southward along Burnbank Road to Montgomery Street; then southwestward along the said street, its continuation as Tedder Street and the continuation thereof in a straight line to Beancross Road; then southeastward along the said road to and westward along the slip road from the A905 to the M9 motorway; then northwestward along the said motorway to the point where it crosses the unnamed burn northeast of Newlands Cottage; then generally southwestward and westward along the said burn, and passing to the south of Newlands Cottage to the Falkirk (Grahamston) to Grangemouth railway line and the eastern boundary of EW 8; then generally northeastward and northwestward along the said EW boundary to and generally northeastward along the eastern boundary of EW 6 to point of commencement.

Ward 10 Beancross

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 9 and the M9 motorway at junction 5 where it meets the slip road to the A905; then generally northeastward along the southern boundary of EW 9 to the junction between Montgomery Street and Burnbank Road; then eastward to and across the footbridge over the Grange Burn and continuing eastward along a path to the junction of Craigleith Road and Myreton Road; then eastward along Myreton Road to and generally southward along Bowhouse Road to Torwood Avenue; then southeastward along Torwood Avenue to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of the Church of the Holy Rood; then southward to and southward and westward along the eastern and southern curtilages of the said Church to a point in line with a path leading along the eastern boundary of Grangemouth High School; then southward to and along the said path to and eastward along Tinto Drive to a point in line with the rear curtilages of the western most properties in Grampian Crescent; then southward to and along the said rear curtilages and their continuation as the rear curtilages of properties in Kinloch Place and the western curtilage of No 16 Fintry Road to Inchyra Road; then southwestward along the said road to the roundabout at junction 5 on the M9; then generally westward along the A905 to an unnamed road leading past West Beancross Farm; then northwestward along the said road to and northwestward along the M9 to point of commencement.

Ward 11 Inchyra

Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 9 at the junction of Wallace Street and Abbots Road; then northward along Abbots Road to and southeastward along Dalratho Road to Drummond Place; then southeastward along the said place to and eastward along Henry Street to Abbotsgrange Road; then generally southward and southeastward along the said road to and northeastward and eastward along Kersiebank Avenue to Oxgang Road; then northward along the said road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of Nos 95 to 105 Oxgang Road; then northeastward to and along the northern curtilage of the said property and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the northern section of Abbotsinch Road; then northeastward along the said road to and southeastward along Bo'ness Road (A904) to where it crosses the River Avon; then generally southwestward along the said river to where it is crossed by Wholeflats Road (B904); then westward along the said road to and southwestward along Inchyra Road to the eastern boundary of EW 10; then northward and westward along the eastern and northern boundaries of the said EW to and generally northward along the eastern boundary of EW 9 to the point of commencement.

Ward 12 Dundas/Kerse

Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 9 on the River Carron at NG Ref NS 9200 8238; then generally northeastward along the said river to the northern boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally southeastward along the said Council boundary to the mouth of the River Avon; then generally southwestward along the said river to and generally northwestward, southwestward and northwestward along the northern boundary of EW 11 to the eastern boundary of EW 9; then northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 13 Grange and Blackness

Commencing at NG Ref NT 0029 8116 at the junction between Erngath Road and Dean Road; then northwestward and northeastward along Erngath Road to and eastward along Grange Terrace to Stark's Brae; then northeastward along the said brae to and northward and northeastward along Boundary Street and its continuation as a track to its intersection with a path leading to East Pier at NG Ref NT 0069 8180; then northeastward in a straight line to the northern boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally eastward, southward and westward along the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of Falkirk Council to a point in line with the eastern boundary of West Lothian Golf Course; then northward to and northward and westward along the eastern and northern boundaries of the said Golf Course to where it meets a track leading to Kinglass Cottage; then northward along the said track to and northward and westward along a drain line to a point in line with the eastern curtilages of the eastern most properties in Braefoot Road, Catherine Grove and Nos 29 and 44 Ritchie Place; then northward to and along the said curtilages to Borrowstoun Road; then northward across the said road to and northward along Gauze Road to and northwestward along Kinglass Avenue to point of commencement.

Ward 14 Dean

Commencing at the junction between Grangemouth Road and Snab Lane; then northward along the said lane and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the eastern boundary of EW 12; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the northern boundary of Falkirk Council; then eastward along the said Council boundary to the western boundary of EW 13; then generally southwestward and southeastward, along the said EW boundary to the junction between Erngath Road and Dean Road; then southwestward along Dean Road to and southward along Linlithgow Road to Douglas Drive; then westward along the said drive to and northwestward along Bo'mains Road to Forthview Crescent; then westward along the said crescent to a point in line with the southwestern curtilage of No 30 Bo'mains Road; then northwestward to and along the said curtilage and the curtilages of Nos 28-24 Bo'mains Road to the rear curtilage of No 2 Kinneil Drive; then northwestward and westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 2-30 Kinneil Drive to and across the access road between Kinneil Drive and Forthview Crescent to the rear curtilage of No 32 Kinneil Drive; then westward and southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 32-68 Kinneil Drive to Crawfield Avenue; then northwestward and northeastward along the said avenue to Dean Road; then southwestward along the said road to and northward along Snab Brae to point of commencement.

Ward 15 Borrowstoun

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 14 at the junction between Crawfield Avenue and Bo'mains Road; then southward, eastward, northward and northeastward along the said EW boundary to and generally southeastward along the western boundary of EW 13 to the southern boundary of Falkirk Council; then generally southwestward along the said Council boundary to its intersection with Fishers' Brae (Track); then northward along the said brae and its continuation as Fisher's Road (Track) to an unnamed road leading past the property known as Rousland; then westward along the said road to and northward along an unnamed road to the west of Borrowstounmains Reservoir to Crawfield Road; then eastward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilages of the eastern most properties on Blair Avenue, Clover Place and Benjamin Drive; then northward to and along the said curtilages to and northward along the eastern curtilage of No 27 Benjamin Drive to the rear curtilages of Nos 27 to 43 Benjamin Drive; then westward along the said curtilages and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the Dean Burn; then generally northwestward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a footbridge at NG Ref NS 9887 8052; then northeastward along the said footbridge to and generally northeastward along a footpath to Crawfield Avenue; then southeastward along the said avenue to point of commencement.

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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Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).