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Stirling

Makers Café

Scottish Autism's community café in Alloa, with soup, toasties and home baking, and a shop and gallery of autistic artists' work.

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Welcome

Makers Café is a bright community café in Makers Village on Ludgate, in the middle of Alloa, and it is Scottish Autism's community hub.

It offers autistic people and people with learning disabilities a real workplace, in the kitchen and front of house, where they can learn new skills and build their confidence, and it is a warm, welcoming place to stop for lunch.

The food is simple and good, made with local ingredients: soup with a toastie, a panini or a baked potato, home-baked cakes such as the chocolate traybake, and coffee from Myrtle. The jams and chutneys are made by another Scottish Autism team at Balmyre. Alongside the café are a shop and a gallery where autistic artists show and sell their work, and a kitchen garden, and there is a changing programme of community events. It opens on weekdays, Monday to Friday, from 9.30am to 2.30pm.

Close byAlloa TowerThe largest surviving keep in Scotland, the Erskines' tower at Alloa, where Mary, Queen of Scots spent part of her childhood.3 min by roadSee itThe roof walk inside the battlements at the top of the tower.
Before you go

Open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 2.30pm.

Unit 3, Makers Village, Ludgate, Alloa, FK10 2DE.

Mon to Fri
09:30 to 14:30.
Sat and Sun
Closed.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
9.30am–2.30pm
Tuesday
9.30am–2.30pm
Wednesday
9.30am–2.30pm
Thursday
9.30am–2.30pm
Friday
9.30am–2.30pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Where it is

Makers Village, Ludgate, Alloa, FK10 2DE.

Close byIn Alloa.
  1. Clackmannan Tower on its green hilltop under a blue sky.Clackmannan TowerA tall tower house of the 1300s on the King's Seat hill above Clackmannan, built by a kinsman of Robert the Bruce.2 miles6 min by road
  2. The stone belfry of Clackmannan's old tolbooth against a blue sky.ClackmannanThe old county town on its hill, with a tolbooth of 1592, a mercat cross and the ancient Stone of Mannan.2 miles6 min by road
  3. The Tower Trail board for Sauchie Tower beside the tower.Sauchie TowerA plain, tall tower house of the 1430s built by the Schaws at Sauchie, where Mary, Queen of Scots came in 1565.3 miles6 min by road
  4. Wire cat sculpture atop an archway between a Saltire and burgh flagMenstrie CastleMenstrie Castle is one of the oddest members of the Clackmannanshire Tower Trail, found in the middle of a housing estate.5 miles10 min by road
  5. Blairmains Farm ShopBlairmains Farm ShopA family farm shop and coffee bothy at Blairlogie, at the foot of the Ochils, opened on the old dairy farm in 2001.5 miles9 min by road
Directions
The roof walk inside the battlements at the top of the tower.AttractionsAlloa Tower0.8 miles
Stone abbey tower beside a graveyard with wrought-iron railings and gravestonesAttractionsCambuskenneth Abbey6.4 miles
Wallace Monument tower rising above snow-covered trees and hills near StirlingAttractionsWallace Monument6.5 miles
The coffee house's glass front and benches.CafeLegends at the Monument6.5 miles
Airthrey Castle above a lawn at the University of Stirling, walkers passing in the sun.AttractionsUniversity of Stirling6.7 miles
The cobbled curve of Bow Street climbing towards Stirling's Old Town.AttractionsStirling City Centre6.8 miles
Caged stone monument labelled "The Beheading Stone" on a grassy hilltopAttractionsBeheading Stone6.9 miles
The bookshop's courtyard with tables and a timber shelter.ShoppingThe Wee Bookshop, Dollar7.0 miles
Uncommon Life's white shopfront at 61 Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan.ShoppingUncommon Life7.2 miles
Stay nearby

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