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.
- Body of water
- Description: rotating boat lift in Scotland
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Rough Castle Fort and Watling Lodge.
Rough Castle Fort
Rough Castle Fort is a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall…
2,900 feet west of Falkirk Wheel
Watling Lodge
Archaeological site
Watling Lodge was a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland.
3,500 feet east of Falkirk Wheel
Camelon railway station
Camelon railway station is a railway station serving the suburb of Camelon in Falkirk, Scotland.
1 mile northeast of Falkirk Wheel
Suburbs in the Area
Discover Tamfourhill and Camelon.
Tamfourhill
Tamfourhill is a working-class residential suburb of Falkirk within the Falkirk, Scotland.
Falkirk Wheel
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Latitude
56.00034° or 56° 0′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.84172° or 3° 50′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C8R2525+48
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made = basin
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Falkirk Wheel” goes by many names.
عجلة فالكيركArabic
Rueda de FalkirkAsturian
Folkirk çarxıAzerbaijani
Falkirkeko GurpilaBasque
Rotirajuća brodska prevodnica FalkirkBosnian
Falkirk WheelCatalan
佛克爾克轉輪Chinese
凯特尔·托尼Chinese
福尔柯克升船机Chinese
福爾柯克升船機Chinese
福爾柯克輪Chinese
Rotirajuća brodska prevodnica FalkirkCroatian
Falkirk WheelCzech
Falkirk WheelDanish
Falkirk-wielDutch
Rado de FalkirkEsperanto
Falkirk WheelFinnish
Nora de FalkirkGalician
גלגל פולקרקHebrew
Falkirki kerékHungarian
Lift FalkirkIndonesian
Ruota di FalkirkItalian
ファルカーク・ホイールJapanese
폴커크 휠Korean
Rad vu FalkirkLuxembourgish
Falkirk WheelNorwegian
Falkirk WheelNorwegian Bokmål
چرخ فالکرکPersian
Falkirk WheelPolish
Фолкеркское колесоRussian
Fawkirk WheelScots
Фалкиршки точакSerbian
Falkirk WheelSlovak
Falkirško koloSlovenian
FalkirkhjuletSwedish
பால்க்றிக் வீல்Tamil
ఫాల్కిర్క్ చక్రముTelugu
Falkirk WheelThai
วงล้อฟอลเคิร์กThai
Falkirk WheelTurkish
Фолкеркське колесоUkrainian
Bánh xe FalkirkVietnamese
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