Westquarter is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Polmont and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south-east of the town of Falkirk.

Westquarter Scottish Gaelic: Ceathramh-an-Iar
Westquarter Dovecote, built for the long demolished Westquarter House some 150 years ago
Westquarter Location within the Falkirk council area
Population	1,120 (mid-2020 est.)[1]
OS grid reference	NS916786
• Edinburgh	21.5 mi (34.6 km) ESE
• London	343 mi (552 km) SSE
Civil parish	Grangemouth
Council area	Falkirk
Lieutenancy area	Stirling and Falkirk
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FALKIRK
Postcode district	FK2
Dialling code	01324
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish Parliament	Falkirk East
List of places UK Scotland 55.988°N 3.741°W / 55.988; -3.741

Westquarter can be accessed from the north via the A803 road and from the south via the B805 road.

At the 2001 census the village of Westquarter was recorded as having a resident population of 1,105.[2]

In 1876 George McRoberts who already manufactured detonators (for mining) at Westquarter, was joined by Alfred Nobel to build the Nobel Explosives Factory in Westquarter.[3]

See also

• Falkirk Braes villages

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Westquarter.

• Falkirk Local History Society article on Westquarter

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