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There’s quite an array of things to do around Kilsyth. There are two golf courses within 10 minutes’ drive, a swimming pool (five minutes) and a riding school 15 minutes’ walk away. For more high-adrenaline action, you can also go rock climbing in Auchinstarry Quarry Park (five minutes’ drive), or mountain biking around the rugged shoreline of Carron Valley Reservoir (20 minutes). Serious hikers may like the sound of clambering up to the summit of Meikle Bin from the car park (half an hour) for spectacular views back over the reservoir, or the trek up to the dramatic Loup of Fintry waterfall (25 minutes). Further afield, the shops, restaurants and world-class art museums of Glasgow are half an hour away by car, and you can learn about Scottish heritage on a visit to Stirling Castle (25 minutes) or The National Wallace Monument (half an hour). Edinburgh (an hour) beckons with its own mighty castle, medieval tenements to explore on The Royal Mile and old-world pubs tucked into the elegant Georgian-era New Town.