The ideal place to hold your event if gathering people from across Scotland. Stirling is centrally located in Scotland and easily accessible from the North, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Barracks Conference Centre is perfectly placed in Stirling with great access by road and public transport.
Transport Options to The Barracks Conference Centre, Stirling
BY CAR
Driving
Glasgow to Stirling via the M80 takes approximately 30 minutes; Edinburgh to Stirling via the M9 takes about 45 minutes. There is ample parking in the adjacent car park which is operated by Stirling Council.
GPS – the postcode FK8 1QZ does not bring you specifically to the Conference Centre. Instead, we advise using ‘Vue Cinema Stirling’, ‘Forthside parking’ or chef.tame.moods (What3words).
Car Parking
Car park – there is a Stirling Council car park adjacent to the Conference Centre available for delegates who arrive by car. Payment is by cash at a machine or via the RingGo app; from 1 April 2024, the charge is approximately £4 for the day.
Accessible parking – there are six accessible parking bays within the monitored private staff car park The Barracks. Visitors to the site are welcome to use these if they are a Blue Badge Holder, please inform reception of your registration number in this instance. For GPS use What3words: drives.planet.buns
Should you have any other queries, please do not hesitate to contact one of The Barracks Team on the number below or alternatively, email us >
BY TRAIN
The Barracks is about a 6-minute walk from Stirling Station (turn left outside the station and use the footbridge to cross over the tracks). Alternatively, there is a taxi rank outside the train station.
Trains between Stirling and Edinburgh take approximately 50 minutes, Glasgow and Perth trains take about 35 minutes.
BY BUS
Stirling Bus Station is next to the train station and only a short walk via the footbridge to The Barracks.
Stirling is served by intercity bus numbers 38, M8 and X36. Local bus services, numbers 1, 57, 59, 160, C11, C59, F16, P1 and S60, stop at stance D at the bus station.
The Moovit app provides information on bus routes and fares.