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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Falkirk Wheel and Watling Lodge.
Falkirk Wheel
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 large settlement within the Falkirk council area, Scotland. The village is in the Forth Valley, 1.3 miles west of Falkirk, 1.3 miles south of Larbert and 2.6 miles east of Bonnybridge.
Larbert
Town
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Larbert is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles from the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Falkirk. Stenhousemuir lies directly east of Larbert, with both settlements being contiguous and sharing certain public amenities with one another. Larbert is situated 1½ miles north of The Falkirk Wheel.
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″ northLongitude
-3.83309° or 3° 49′ 59″ westElevation
207 feet (63 metres)Open location code
9C7RX5X8+CQGeoNames ID
11611321
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