Briarlands Farm
Enjoy a great day out for the whole family at Briarlands Farm where you can explore the amazing Maize Maze, visit the Family Fun Area, a Farm Shop stocked with both the farm's own and local seasonal produce and enjoy a tea or coffee with a selection of delicious home baking from Mary’s Kitchen.

The Ceramic Experience
Discover how easy and fun it is painting ceramics. At the studio, customers are supplied with everything from stamps and stencils to aprons, brushes tiles and paints.
A Scottish Tourist Board 4 Star Visitor Attraction.

A nice looking park with a good range of play equipment although the last time we were there some maintenance was required to repair effects of vandalism. The playpark is fenced off and there are grids at entrances to keep out dogs.The play area has bark covered, safe playing surfaces.

If you are feeling really energetic, there is an entrance way through the stone wall at the back of the park. This will take you up a steep flight of steps, onto a path through the trees which joins up with the walkway to the Wallace Monument.

Stirling's biggest and best used park has a good range of equipment. Very busy when the weather is good.

The play area in Stirling’s historic Kings Park, which had been closed since August 2008 for refurbishment works, has been brought into the 21st Century with the installation of new state-of-the-art features including the new play area which will boast a number of fun features including a tower/bridge/slide embankment unit, climbing wall, bicycle roundabout, aerial runway and landscape improvements to existing features.

Swings, Toddler Swings, Slides, Climbing Frames, Flying Fox, Sand Pit, Stand-up See-Saw
A well equipped park with grassy areas and bark covered, safe playing surfaces.
The park is walled with grids at entrances to keep dogs out.
Close to shops and services in Bridge of Allan.

At the end of Fountain Road you can cross over and take a pleasant, short stroll along the tree lined river bank on the Centenary Walk.
OR you can cross the metal footbridge and follow the path round onto Inverallan Road. This will take you out by the Bridge over the Allan. Cross the road and there is a lovely spot for a picnic or exploring the riverbank.

Climbing Frames, Sand Pit, Swings, Wobbly Snake, Dutch Disc
Playing fields and safe playing surfaces.
The park is fenced off with grids at entrances to keep dogs out.

Salsa is great fun, a fantastic way to keep fit, and a wonderful way to meet people
The classes appeal to people of all ages and backgrounds and once you know a few steps, there are many places to go to socialise and practise.
If you don’t have a partner, don’t worry. You can partner up at the class. Lots of people come on their own.
Salsa classes run on most days of the week in Stirling, Dunblane, Callander and Clackmannanshire.

For Information
Telephone: David on 07985 621340 or
Denise on 07803 043263
e-mail: stirlingsalsa@yahoo.co.uk

Mr Stick, the Fun Detective says -
" macrobert programmes a wide selection of theatre, dance, music, comedy, children's theatre, and festivals working with a vast number of professional artists and companies to present a multi arts programme of the highest quality with particular emphasis on work with and for young people.

Check the In Stirling Whats On Guide for details of the current programme.

macrobert is located on the stunning campus of the University of Stirling and is easily accessible to all areas of Scotland. We offer unique facilities, which have been designed by young people themselves and include a dedicated theatre for children - playhouse; a state of the art cinema - filmhouse; children’s art gallery - arthouse; crèche - treehouse; a workshop rehearsal space - workhouse as well as a stylish café bar and medium scale theatre space - mainhouse.

The macrobert café bar offers great food, amazing desserts and most of all a genuinely warm welcome, with an ambience to match. There's plenty to mull over, with a wide range of hot and cold drinks, including a large selection of wines from around the world, available by the glass or by the bottle. The cafe bar caters for the needs of children with a selection of healthy and fun food. Board games and colouring sheets are available and mothers who are breastfeeding are welcome to do so anywhere in the building.

Birthday Parties can be arranged - See a show or film or be creative in treehouse with a dance, drama, music or visual arts workshop. Party packages can be arranged to suit your child and their friends.

The treehouse crèche provides supervised arts activities for children aged 3 months to 8 years, every morning Monday-Friday, 9.15am-1.15pm. This gives parents some valuable time to themselves whether it be to watch a cinema screening, have some lunch, take an older sibling to see a macrobert performance or to visit the University sports centre or nip into town for some retail therapy!

Wallace's den is an unsupervised area for children aged 8-14 years which offers playstation 2, controlled access to the internet, books and games.

The macrobert programme is geared to meet the needs of young people
macrobert is fully accessible for wheelchairs and prams.
There is a pram parking bay as you enter the building beside the tickets and information desk.
If you or your child have any special requirements please let them know in advance.
Baby changing facilities are available in both the men's and women's toilets in the main foyer area and boys and girls toilets adjacent to the playhouse.
In addition, we offer a baby care room which includes a wheelchair accessible toilet, changing area plus a private area for feeding.

Call our friendly tickets & information staff on 01786 466666 between 10am - 8.30pm, 7days for event information and ticket bookings.
Check the In Stirling Whats On Guide for details of the current programme.

A network of all organisations within the Stirling area that work with or for young people. There are partners from the voluntary and statutory sectors and commercial enterprises.
Visit the Stirling Youth Partnership website to find information for young people and their services in the Stirling and District Area.

The Youth Involvement Team,
Youth Services,
Municipal Buildings,
8-10 Corn Exchange Road,
Stirling, FK8 2HU

Tel: 01786 432258
E-mail: stirlingyoungscot@stirling.gov.uk

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