Covering an area of high ground within 5 miles to the south and east of the county town Falkirk and south of Grangemouth, its core comprises a number of small villages including mining and quarrying communities, Polmont and Brightons, Falkirk Local History Society OS Six-inch 1st edition, 1843-1882, Explore georeferenced maps (National Library of Scotland) OS 25 inch Scotland, 1892-1905, Explore georeferenced maps (National Library of Scotland) which have each expanded to form a near-contiguous acentric suburban environment. [