Central Region, Scotland

Central Region (Roinn Meadhanach in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, one of twelve such bodies across the country. The Regional Council's HQ was at Viewforth in Stirling, which had been previously the HQ of Stirlingshire County Council. It is now divided into the council areas of Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling, which had previously been districts within Central.

This article is about a 20th century local government region of Scotland. For other uses, see Central Scotland (disambiguation).

Central Region
Roinn Meadhanach
Former Region

Area
263,455 hectares (651,010 acres)
Population
c. 272,900
History
 • OriginLocal Government (Scotland) Act 1973
 • Created16 May 1975
 • Abolished31 March 1996
 • Succeeded byClackmannanshire
Falkirk
Stirling
GovernmentCentral Regional Council
 • TypeRegional Council
 • HQViewforth, Stirling

History
Regional Headquarters at Viewforth

At the time of the local government reorganization of 1975, there was discussion on where the new region should be based – the options being Falkirk or Stirling, the latter of which was chosen as the county council had just finished construction of a new office building at Viewforth in the town in 1972.[1]

The Dunblane massacre occurred within the last month of Central Regional Council's existence at one of its primary schools, in Dunblane. Responsibility for Dunblane Primary School was transferred to the new Stirling Council on the first day of its operations on 1 April 1996 when the Scottish Regional Councils disbanded under the reorganisation act of 1994. 10 days later, on 11 April 1996, the school gym where the massacre took place was demolished by the new council. The school was entirely refurbished in 1998.[2]

Districts

There were three districts within Central region, these were:[3]

The Central Scotland Police force, created in 1975 using the same boundaries as the region, was merged into Police Scotland in 2013 with its territory forming one of the second-level divisions from that point. At the same time, the Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service became part of the new Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.[4]

There continues to be electoral, valuation, and health boards for the area; the latter is called NHS Forth Valley.[5]

References
  1. "Former Stirling Council building will vanish within weeks". The Courier. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. "Rrefurbished Dunblane Primary School Opens". AP Archive. 6 November 1998. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. "The Educational Endowments (Central Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. "Praise after fire service merger". The Herald. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. NHS Forth Valley. "Hospitals". Retrieved 16 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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