BRIDGE OF ALLAN, police burgh, Stirlingshire, Scot land. Pop. (193I) 2,897. It lies on the Allan, a tributary of the Forth, 3m. N. of Stirling by the L.M.S. railway and by tram way, on the wooded slopes of Westerton and Airthrey hill, sheltered by the Ochils from north and east winds. There is a pump-room and the Macfarlane museum of fine art and natural history. The industries include cotton manufacture and paper making. The Strathallan gathering, usually held in the neighbour hood, is the most popular athletic meeting in mid-Scotland.