11 Facts About Grangemouth

Grangemouth is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland.

Grangemouth had a resident population of 17,906 according to the 2001 Census.

Nowadays, the economy of Grangemouth is focused primarily on the large petrochemical industry of the area which includes the oil refinery, owned by Ineos, one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

Grangemouth was founded by Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1768 as a result of the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Grangemouth Port is one of the main ports in the UK with the largest container terminal in Scotland, with 9 million tonnes of cargo handled through the dock facilities each year.

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Grangemouth has an Air Training Corps Squadron, 1333 Squadron, an Army Cadet Detachment and a Sea and Marine cadet corps at Grangemouth Docks.

Grangemouth has four primary schools: Bowhouse Primary School, Beancross Primary School, Moray Primary School and Sacred Heart R C Primary School.

The former three are within the catchment area of Grangemouth High School and the latter is a catchment primary school for St Mungo's High School.

For many years Grangemouth had a three-tier school system - the only area in Scotland to do so.

Grangemouth has access to three nearby railway stations: Falkirk High, Falkirk Grahamston and Polmont.

Grangemouth Stadium was built in 1966 for the citizens of Grangemouth, partly funded by BP.