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'[[File:The Plean Tavern, Stirlingshire - geograph.org.uk - 160338.jpg|thumb|The Plean Tavern on the town's Main Street]] '''Plean''' is a former [[Coal mining|mining]] town, in the [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling Council area]] of central [[Scotland]], located on the main [[A9 road (Great Britain)|A9 road]] from [[Falkirk]]. At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], Plean had a population of 1,740. Plean has some [[historic buildings]], some [[council houses]] and an [[estate (land)|estate]]. <ref name="Scrol">{{cite web |url= http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=plean&mainLevel=Locality |title=Comparative Population Profile for the Plean locality |publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online (SCROL) |date= |accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> ==Landmarks== Plean has a [[Church of Scotland]] [[Church (building)|Church]] with an attached graveyard, a [[petrol Station|petrol station]], a [[chip shop]], a small [[clinic]] and a small [[library]]. East Plean Primary School was formerly housed in a traditional building dating from 1874. Many of the original features of the building were retained in the refurbishment of the school, which was completed in summer 2000, including the addition of a purpose-built nursery. The school building was damaged beyond repair in November 2010 when a fire was deliberately started in a hut to the rear. The building was subsequently demolished and a new modern school is being built on the site.<ref>http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/207299-east-plean-primary-badly-damaged-by-fire/</ref> William Simpson's Home is a local charity based in Plean, providing residential social care for men with [[Long-term impact of alcohol on the brain|alcohol-related brain damage]], and with underlying mental health illness. [[File:The ruins of Plean House - geograph.org.uk - 160341.jpg|thumb|Ruins of Plean House in Plean Country Park]] Plean [[Country park|Country Park]] is located in Plean, in the grounds of the now-ruined Plean House. Entry is free and the park is maintained by [[Stirling Council]]. Nearby [[Plean Castle]], or Plane Tower, was once a home of the Somerville family. It was restored from ruin twice in the twentieth century and is now a private house.<ref>Salter, Mike, ''Castles of the Heartland of Scotland'', Folly (1994), 131.</ref> please don't ever visit plean its really bad ==Famous people== [[Campbell Forsyth]], the [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]] and [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] international [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] was born in Plean in 1939.<ref>{{cite book| title=In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC |last= Holley |first= Duncan |coauthors= Chalk, Gary | publisher=[[Hagiology Publishing|Hagiology]] | year=2003 | isbn=0-9534474-3-X|page=512}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Stirling-geo-stub}} {{coord|56|03|N|3|52|W|display=title|region:GB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} [[Category:Villages in Stirling (council area)]] {{Stirling Towns & Villages}}'