Huge droves of black highland cattle were driven through Torwood on their way to the famous Falkirk Trysts at Redding, Roughcastle and Stenhousemuir.

The Little Denny Burn runs through the site.

A local place name first recorded in 1711.  It lay close to the Pow Burn. 

Frank Heggie was a ‘well-kent’ Bo’ness character.  Often seen in the Town Centre in his tartan plaid.  Love for Frank was demonstrated on the day of his funeral when the bench on which he often sat  was covered in floral tributes.  St. Andrew’s Church was full - and Streets throughout the town lined by mourners.

Alexander Couper’s Dunipace Foundry stood on this site from 1907.

Strathcarron Hospice near Denny is one of the district’s greatest success stories and much loved by the population which supports its work.