CENTRAL SCOTLAND

Alloa Tower
Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Tel: (01259) 211 701
Open: Good Friday to 31 Oct, daily 1–5.

The ancestral home of the Earls of Mar for four centuries, dating from 1497 and later remodelled.

Bannockburn
Glasgow Road, Stirling
Tel: (01786) 812 664
Open: site, all year, daily. Heritage Centre, shop and café, 1 Feb to 31 Mar and 1 Nov to 24 Dec, daily 10.30–4; 1 Apr to 31 Oct, daily 10–5.30

Situated at one of the most important historic sites in Scotland, the Bannockburn Heritage Centre provides an exhibition – The Kingdom of the Scots – and an audio-visual presentation of the Battle of Bannockburn.

Ben Lawers
Lynedoch, Main Street, Killin
Tel: (01567) 820 988
Open: site, all year, daily. Mountain Visitor Centre, 1 May to 30 Sep, daily 10.30–5 (may close for half-an-hour between 1 and 2).

The Trust manages a large area of the slopes of the Lawers and Tarmachan ranges, with a variety of walking routes and inspiring views from the Atlantic to the North Sea.