Menstrie is a town in the county of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling as well as is just one of a string of towns that, due to their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or just The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie when refined wool from lamb farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, businessmen from Tullibody established a carding and also spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and power, missing from their very own village. In the very early 19th century a straight road was built on the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as improve the transportation of items to as well as from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and also Ochil Road push the old route along the foot of the hills. The new road, now the A91, became an emphasis for building and construction of churches, houses, mills as well as stores. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank as well as Forthvale mills were in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population had to do with 500 but had raised to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a business, that included the proprietors of neighborhood mills as well as a distillery, funded a branch train line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa as well as Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own guest station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Practically nothing of the station continues to be and the train branch line, which continued to bring freight after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had actually opened in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the east of the town, beside the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has actually continued on this website for greater than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, originally a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had slowly come to be the main item as well as chose manufacture of whisky as well as bread. Soft water, locally readily available, is still helpful. An extensive bound warehouse location continues to be for storage space of whisky as it grows in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually given way to fermentation products originated from yeast. The whisky as well as yeast businesses are currently operated by different firms, specifically Diageo, (successors to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The last carries out product development as well as producing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no more stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having been made use of for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, currently houses local business. A furniture factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn yet was destroyed by fire in about 1968. A road close by currently bears its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was residence to family members whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining as well as textile industries have declined, Menstrie has actually ended up being a traveler dormitory, topping the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 as well as 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.