Skinflats is a village in the Falkirk Council area of Scotland. It lies on the A905 road north of Grangemouth and near to the River Carron and River Forth.
The name of the village is sometimes claimed to be of Dutch origin, supposedly bestowed by Dutch engineers working on land reclamation in the 17th century, but there is no evidence that any such reclamation projects took place in the parish of Bothkennar where Skinflats is located and the place-name is readily explained as Scots in origin.
Skinflats was originally a pit village, but no mining has taken place there for many years.
According to the 2001 Census, Skinflats was recorded as having a resident population of 347, almost unchanged since 1991.
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