Denny is a town in the Falkirk council area

Falkirk (council area)

Falkirk is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland. It borders onto North Lanarkshire to the south west, Stirling to the north west, West Lothian to the south east and, across the Firth of Forth to the north east, Fife and Clackmannanshire...

 of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, formerly in the county of Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a registration county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the former county town. It borders Perthshire to the north, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian to the east, Lanarkshire to the south, and Dunbartonshire to the south-west.Until 1975 it was a county...

. It is situated 7 miles (11.3 km) west of Falkirk

Falkirk

Falkirk is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies in the Forth Valley, almost midway between the two most populous cities of Scotland; north-west of Edinburgh and north-east of Glasgow....

, and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Cumbernauld

Cumbernauld

Cumbernauld is a Scottish new town in North Lanarkshire. It was created in 1956 as a population overspill for Glasgow City. It is the eighth most populous settlement in Scotland and the largest in North Lanarkshire...

, adjacent to both the M80

M80 motorway

The M80 is a motorway in central Scotland, running through Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Falkirk and Stirling and links the M8, the M73 and M9 motorways. Following completion in 2011, this road is long. From 1992 - 2011, the road was in two sections; the southern section, Glasgow to Stepps and the...

 and M876 motorway

M876 motorway

The M876 motorway is a motorway in Scotland. The motorway runs from Denny to Airth in the Falkirk council area, forming an approach road to the Kincardine Bridge. It was opened in 1980....

s. At the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

, Denny had a resident population of 7,385 but according to a 2008 estimate this has since risen to 10,000.

Denny is separated from neighbouring village Dunipace

Dunipace

Dunipace is a village in the west of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is south of Stirling and north-west of Falkirk. The village is situated on the north bank of the River Carron and adjoins the town of Denny to the south of the river....

 by the River Carron

River Carron (Forth)

The River Carron is a river in central Scotland. This river has given its name to towns in Falkirk, a variety of regional features, a type of cannon, a line of bathtubs, two warships and an island in the Southern Hemisphere.-River Carron:The river rises in the Campsie Fells before flowing into...

. Until the early 1980s, Denny was a centre for heavy industry, including several iron foundries, brickworks, a coal mine and paper mills. The town will be the final destination for the planned Beauly-Denny electricity transmission line.

In 2010, it picked up the "Most Dismal Town" award.

2011 will see Denny host its first music festival, Dennycassim Festival.

Sport

The local football team are Dunipace F.C.

Dunipace F.C.

Dunipace Juniors Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Denny, Stirlingshire. Nicknamed the Pace, they were formed in 1888 and are based at Westfield Park. They currently compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association...

, who play at Westfield Park where they moved to from their previous home of Carronbank. They compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association

Scottish Junior Football Association

The Scottish Junior Football Association is an affiliated national association of the Scottish Football Association and is the governing body for the Junior grade of football in Scotland. The term "Junior" refers to the level of football played...

.

2010 seen Denny have it's very own music company Bulge-Music

Sports figures from Denny include:

• Billy Steel
  Billy Steel
  Billy Steel was a Scottish footballer who played for St. Mirren, Morton, Derby County, Dundee and the Scotland national team....
  
  , professional football player.
• Sammy Baird
  Sammy Baird
  Stuart Samuel "Sammy" Baird was a Scottish football player and manager.-Career:During his playing career he played for Clyde, Preston North End, Rangers, Hibernian, Third Lanark and Stirling Albion...
  
  , professional football player and manager.
• Sir Matt Busby, footballer and eventual manager of Manchester United
  Manchester United F.C.
  Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
  
   played for Denny Hibernian FC, twice winners of the Scottish Junior Football League
  Scottish Junior Football League
  The Scottish Junior Football League was a Scottish football competition that, through various incarnations, existed from the 1892 to 1947....
  
  .

External links

• Denny, Bonnybridge & Banknock at Falkirk Online