The Falkirk Wheel

The Falkirk Wheel is a canal in Falkirk, Scotland. The Falkirk Wheel is situated nearby to the suburb Tamfourhill, as well as near the locality Carmuirs.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Falkirk Wheel and Watling Lodge.

Falkirk Wheel

Photo: SeanMack, CC BY 2.5.

The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project, reconnecting the two canals for the first time since the 1930s.

Watling Lodge

Archaeological site

Watling Lodge was a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was located near what is now Lock Sixteen on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk with neighbouring forts at Rough Castle to the west and Falkirk to the east.

Camelon railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Camelon railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Camelon in Falkirk, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh-Dunblane and Cumbernauld Lines. Train services are provided by ScotRail. The present station was opened in 1994.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tamfourhill and Camelon.

Tamfourhill

Suburb

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tamfourhill is a working-class residential suburb of Falkirk within the Falkirk, Scotland. It is located approximately 1.5 miles west of the city centre.

Camelon

Suburb

Photo: David Kitching, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Camelon is a village within the Falkirk council area, Scotland. The village is in the Forth Valley, 1 mile west of Falkirk, 1 mile south of Larbert and 3 miles east of Bonnybridge.

Bantaskin

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Bantaskin is a suburb.

The Falkirk Wheel

Type: Canal
Category: body of water
Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.99851° or 55° 59′ 55″ north

Longitude

-3.83309° or 3° 49′ 59″ west

Elevation

207 feet (63 metres)

Open location code

9C7RX5X8+CQ

GeoNames ID

11611321

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust and Forth Valley Acute Operating Division.

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