Standburn

Human settlement in Scotland

List of places: UK; Scotland

55°57′08″N 3°43′17″W / 55.9523°N 3.7215°W / 55.9523; -3.7215

Standburn is a small village which lies within the Falkirk council area in central Scotland. It is located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south-west of Maddiston, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-east of Avonbridge and 4.0 miles (6.4 km) south east of Falkirk. The entire village is located along a section of the B825 road between Avonbridge and Loan.

The United Kingdom Census 2001 reported the population as 149 residents, a figure almost unchanged from the census of 1991

Drumbowie Environment Action Group is a charitable organisation which owns Drumbowie Park to the north of Standburn, this community woodland is open to the public.

Standburn was a mining community with several active pits until the 1950s. The pits were individually numbered and all prefixed by Gateside.^{[citation needed]} The bings from the mining days can still be seen although the land has now been planted with trees and named Gateside Woodland.