Lock 16

Lock 16 is a lock gate in Falkirk, Scotland. Lock 16 is situated nearby to Falkirk Vineyard Church Love Falkirk, as well as near the park Glenfuir Road Open Space.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Camelon railway station and Watling Lodge.

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. Camelon railway station is situated 2,300 feet north of Lock 16.

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 2,200 feet southwest of Lock 16.

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. Falkirk Wheel is situated 1 mile west of Lock 16.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camelon and Bantaskin.

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.

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.

Lock 16

Type: Lock gate
Category: transportation
Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.00006° or 56° 0′ 0″ north

Longitude

-3.8154° or 3° 48′ 55″ west

Open location code

9C8R252M+2R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 31711656

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=lock_gate

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