Valley Cemetery
Originally a place of public entertainment – the ‘Playing Field’ – this valley was home to the weekly Horse Market. It was the location, too, of Scotland’s first fireworks display, staged by Mary, Queen of Scots, to celebrate the baptism of her son James, in 1566. The bright lights and smoke clearly had a powerful effect on the young prince – when he became King James VI, this is where Stirling’s Witches were burned alive, on his orders.
The Baillies of Stirling Council met here, savouring the fresh air, when plague afflicted the Burgh in the 17th-century, and it became a popular weekend haunt for locals, as travelling fairs and touring minstrels took up residence, week after week.
The fun and games stopped when the valley was Landscaped by William Drummond, a local Seed Merchant and evangelist, in the 1840s. Statues of important historical Protestant clerics spread out through the Valley and Mar's Wark Cemeteries made the place a classroom of sorts, teaching congregations the origins of their faith.
- SYHA Youth Hostel, St John Street
- The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd
- Tolbooth Entrance, Jail Wynd
- Hangman's Close, St John Street
- Mercat Cross, Broad Street
- Broad Street
- Darnley Coffee House, Bow Street
- Mar's Wark, Castle Wynd
- Old Town Jail
- Holy Rude Church and Auld Kirkyard
- Auld Kirkyard & Holy Rude Church
- Ladies' Hill, Auld Kirkyard
- Mary Witherspoon's Grave, Auld Kirkyard
- Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Dumbarton Road
- Valley Cemetery
- John Cowane's Hospital, St John Street
- Auld Staney Breeks at Cowane's Hospital
- John Cowane's House on St Mary’s Wynd
- Argyll's Ludging, Castle Wynd
- The Back Walk & Burgh Wall
- Beheading Stone, Gowan Hill
- Stirling Castle
- Argyll's Museum, Stirling Castle
- The Settle Inn, St Mary's Wynd
- Nicky-Tam's Bar & Bothy, Baker Street
- Thistles Shopping Centre, Goosecroft Road
- The Bastion, The Thistles Shopping Centre
- Haunted Stirling
- The Golden Lion, King Street