Forth and Clyde Canal

The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central ; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the and the at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands.
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  • Canal
  • Description: canal in West Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bowling railway station and Bowling Tunnel.
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serves the village of in the region of .
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is on the banks of the at , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowling and Old Kilpatrick.
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is a village in , , with a population of 740.
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, is a village in , .
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is a village in , Scotland. is situated 2 miles southwest of Forth and Clyde Canal.

Forth and Clyde Canal

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Latitude
55.93333° or 55° 56′ north
Longitude
-4.48333° or 4° 29′ west
Open location code
9C7QWGM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2649176
Wiki­data ID
Q1652863

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Forth and Clyde Canal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قناة فورث وكلايد”
  • Basque: “Forth eta Clyde arteko ubidea”
  • Catalan: “canal de Forth i Clyde”
  • Cebuano: “Forth and Clyde Canal”
  • Chinese: “福斯-克莱德运河”
  • Chinese: “福斯-克萊德運河”
  • Chinese: “福斯和克萊德運河”
  • Czech: “Kanál Forth–Clyde”
  • Dutch: “Forth and Clyde Canal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قناة فورث وكلايد”
  • Finnish: “Forth–Clyde-kanava”
  • Finnish: “Forthin–Clyden kanava”
  • French: “Canal de Forth et Clyde”
  • French: “Forth and Clyde Canal”
  • German: “Forth and Clyde Canal”
  • Irish: “Canál Foirthe agus Cluaidh”
  • Japanese: “フォース・アンド・クライド運河”
  • Japanese: “フォース・クライド運河”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Forth og Clyde-kanalen”
  • Norwegian: “Forth og Clyde-kanalen”
  • Polish: “Forth and Clyde Canal”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Canàl Foirthe agus Cluaidh”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Forth - Clyde”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kanal Forth–Clyde”
  • Spanish: “Canal de Forth y Clyde”
  • Spanish: “Canal Forth and Clyde”
  • Spanish: “Canal Forth y Clyde”
  • Spanish: “Canal Forth-Clyde”
  • Spanish: “Forth & Clyde Canal”
  • Spanish: “Forth and Clyde Canal”
  • Swedish: “Forth-Clydekanalen”
  • Ukrainian: “Канал Форт — Клайд”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт — Клайд”
  • Welsh: “Camlas Forth and Clyde”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Milton and Erskine Harbour.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hill of Dun and Donald’s Quay Light.

Scotland: Highlights

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