Menstrie is a town in the region of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and also is just one of a string of communities that, due to their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly described as the Hillfoots Villages or just The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie as soon as refined wool from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, entrepreneurs from Tullibody established a carding and also spinning mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to manipulate its soft water and power, lacking from their very own village. In the early 19th century a straight road was built on the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road and also improve the transport of items to as well as from the Hillfoots villages. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road push the old path along the foot of the hills. The brand-new roadway, currently the A91, came to be a focus for construction of churches, residences, mills and also shops. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank and also Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population was about 500 but had actually increased to more than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, that included the proprietors of neighborhood mills and a distillery, funded a branch train line with Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This joined the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line between Alloa and Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its very own guest station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Virtually absolutely nothing of the station continues to be as well as the train branch line, which continued to lug freight after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse during the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had opened up in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the east of the town, close to the Dams Burn. Production has actually advanced this site for greater than 250 years though production of whisky stopped around 1930. Yeast, at first a by-product of whisky fermentation, had slowly become the main product and also chose manufacture of whisky and bread. Soft water, locally readily available, is still helpful. An extensive bonded warehouse area remains for storage space of whisky as it develops in barrels prior to bottling, while bakers' yeast has actually given way to fermentation products derived from yeast. The whisky and yeast companies are now operated by different business, particularly Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and also Kerry Group. The latter conducts item advancement in addition to making at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands however the Elmbank Mill, having been used for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, currently houses local business. A furnishings factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in concerning 1968. A road close by currently births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was residence to households whose menfolk functioned the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and fabric industries have declined, Menstrie has become a commuter dorm, spreading over the nearby farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and also 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.