Forthside Barracks

Forthside Barracks is a former military installation in Stirling, Scotland.

Forthside Barracks
Stirling
Forthside Barracks
Site information
Type	Barracks
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Location
Forthside Barracks Location within Stirlingshire
Coordinates	56°7′1″N 03°55′36″W
Site history
Built	1899
Built for	War Office
In use	1899-Present

History

Forthside Barracks were built as an ordnance depot in 1899.^[1] It became the depot of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders before they vacated the place in 1999.^[2]

In November 2016 the Ministry of Defence announced that the facility, as well as the adjacent Meadowforth Barracks, would close in 2022,^[3] later extended to 2024.^[4]

51st Infantry Brigade and Army Headquarters Scotland relocated from Forthside to Redford Cavalry Barracks in Edinburgh on 26 March 2021.^[5]

Based units

Units based at Forthside Barracks include:

British Army^[6][7]

• 154 Medical Squadron, 225 (Scottish) Medical Regiment
• Detachment, D Company, 51st Highland, 7th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
• Stirling Detachment, Tayforth University Officers' Training Corps
• 51st Infantry Brigade Cadet Training Team

Community Cadet Forces

• Headquarters, A (Stirling) Company, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Battalion, Army Cadet Force^[8]
  • Stirling Detachment
• 1019 (City of Stirling) Squadron, Air Training Corps^[9]