page_title: Menstrie
section_title: Recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Menstrie / Recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph (taken 12-March-2010) of Fox Boy Sculpture by Andy Scott, installed in Midtown Gardens, Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (GB grid ref NS 849 970) in late 2008.
context_page_description: Menstrie is a village in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles east-north-east of Stirling and is one of a string of towns that, because of their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots.
context_section_description: Menstrie stands on The Hillfoots Way, a walking route that follows much of the old King's Highway. The Hillfoots Way goes from Logie Old Kirk in the west to Muckhart in the east, along the foot of the Ochils. The King's Highway (via regia in Latin) is mentioned in charters for Cambuskenneth Abbey that date to the 1300s and may have been used for royal progresses between Stirling Castle and Falkland Palace in the 16th century.
  The back road between the entrance to Broomhall Castle and Alva is a quiet cycle and pedestrian friendly road whilst a pedestrian and cycle path runs from east of the Old Menstrie Burn bridge to Blairlogie House through the Menstrie Community woodland on the North side of the A91 road.
  The disused railway line served as an unofficial walking route to Tullibody over the bridge across the River Devon. In October 2007 Clackmannanshire Council published  a map  which designated part of the railway line, by then heavily overgrown, as an Aspirational Core Path linking Menstrie and Cambus. By February 2010 the branch line had been sold by BRB (Residuary) Limited  and by March 2011 the rails and sleepers had all been removed. Work on the path was completed by April 2012, as scheduled. The path now forms part of National Cycle Network Route 768.
  Menstrie has a Scout Group, established in 1908, and a bowling club established in 1925.
  Menstrie and the nearby Blairlogie are popular access points for hillwalkers to Dumyat, a peak in the Ochil Hills and from Menstrie to Myreton Hill, the zig zag hillside path from Ochil Road is used by mountain bikers and hillwalkers.
  "Fox Boy", a work by the sculptor Andy Scott, stands in the centre of Menstrie in Midtown Gardens (now named the "Nova Scotia Gardens" to commemorate the village's historical connection). The sculpture combines references to the water wheels that once powered industry in Menstrie, a pet fox kept by a Menstrie child years ago, and the buzzards that frequent the skies over the village. Midtown Gardens flies the flag of Nova Scotia highlighting its role with the settlement and development of Nova Scotia.
  A popular and well attended village gala week is held in early June with a gala itself held on the main park next to the Dumyat Centre on the Saturday.
  There is an active Community Council and a village newsletter, "Menstrie Matters", is published quarterly and distributed to every household.
caption: "Fox Boy" sculpture by Andy Scott
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