Falkirk Wheel Slipway
Falkirk Wheel Slipway is a slipway in Falkirk, Scotland. Falkirk Wheel Slipway is situated nearby to the tourism office Falkirk Wheel Visitor Centre, as well as near the canal Falkirk Wheel Basin.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Falkirk Wheel and Rough Castle Fort.
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.
Rough Castle Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rough Castle Fort is a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall roughly 2 kilometres south east of Bonnybridge near Tamfourhill in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Rough Castle Fort is situated 3,000 feet west of Falkirk Wheel Slipway.
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. Watling Lodge is situated 3,500 feet east of Falkirk Wheel Slipway.
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.
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.
Falkirk Wheel Slipway
- Type: Slipway
- Categories: recreation area and transportation
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.00092° or 56° 0′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.84157° or 3° 50′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C8R2525+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 1432491071OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=slipway
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Falkirk Wheel Visitor Centre and Falkirk Wheel Basin.
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