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Bannockburn Heritage Centre
 Street address: Bannockburn, Glasgow Road, Stirling FK7 0LJ, Scotland, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0) 1786 812664
Fax: 44 (0) 1786 810892
Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/95/
Proprietor: National Trust for Scotland
Contact: Alison Corley Property Manager
E-mail: [email protected]
Opening hours: Battlefield: open access during daylight hours; Heritage Centre: Mar-Oct: 10am-5.30pm daily, last audio/visual show 30 mins before closing; Nov-Feb: closed
Admission: £5 adults, £4 concessions, £14 family (£10 one parent)
Accessibility: Disabled parking; disabled access to Battlefield, Heritage Centre, second hand bookshop, coffee shop facilities and toilets; manual wheelchair available; visual Information; large print interpretation; audio information; induction loop in auditorium; subtitled video in exhibition (English, French or German).
Situated adjacent to the site of the legendary Battle of Bannockburn (1314), Bannockburn Heritage Centre commemorates Robert Bruce's celebrated victory over the much larger army of King Edward II of England.
Lifelike displays feature scenes from Scotland's history; the Scottish nobles signing the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320; Robert Bruce being crowned king of Scotland by Isabel of Fife at Scone; and William Wallace as a huge, chain-mailed figure wielding his famous sword.
The Centre includes an audio visual show recounting the story of the most vital battle of the Wars of Independence.
Outside is the commemorative Rotunda and the Borestone which was traditionally Bruce's command post, as well as a magnificent statue of the King on his war-horse.
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