Falkirk Wheel

The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in , , in central , connecting the with the . It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project, reconnecting the two canals for the first time since the 1930s.
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Wikipedia
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rough Castle Fort and Watling Lodge.

Archaeological site
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is a Roman fort on the roughly 2 kilometres south east of near in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. is situated 2,900 feet west of Falkirk Wheel.

Archaeological site
was a Roman fortlet on the in . It was located near what is now Lock Sixteen on the in Falkirk with neighbouring forts at to the west and to the east. is situated 3,500 feet east of Falkirk Wheel.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the suburb of in , . It is located on the Edinburgh-Dunblane and Cumbernauld Lines. Train services are provided by ScotRail. The present station was opened in 1994. is situated 1 mile northeast of Falkirk Wheel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tamfourhill and Camelon.

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

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

Village
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is a small village which lies in the Falkirk council area of . The village is located 0.5 miles south-east of and 3.6 miles west-southwest of .

Falkirk Wheel

Latitude
56.00034° or 56° 0′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.84172° or 3° 50′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C8R2525+48
Open­Street­Map ID
way 116570399
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­basin
Wiki­data ID
Q99327
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Falkirk Wheel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عجلة فالكيرك”
  • Azerbaijani: “Folkirk çarxı”
  • Basque: “Falkirkeko Gurpila”
  • Bosnian: “Rotirajuća brodska prevodnica Falkirk”
  • Catalan: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Chinese: “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”
  • Croatian: “Rotirajuća brodska prevodnica Falkirk”
  • Czech: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Danish: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Dutch: “Falkirk-wiel”
  • Esperanto: “Rado de Falkirk”
  • Finnish: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • French: “Roue de Falkirk”
  • Galician: “Nora de Falkirk”
  • German: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Hebrew: “גלגל פולקרק”
  • Hungarian: “Falkirki kerék”
  • Indonesian: “Lift Falkirk”
  • Italian: “Ruota di Falkirk”
  • Japanese: “ファルカーク・ホイール”
  • Korean: “폴커크 휠”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rad vu Falkirk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Norwegian: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Persian: “چرخ فالکرک”
  • Polish: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Portuguese: “Roda de Falkirk”
  • Russian: “Фолкеркское колесо”
  • Scots: “Fawkirk Wheel”
  • Serbian: “Фалкиршки точак”
  • Slovak: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Slovenian: “Falkirško kolo”
  • Spanish: “Rueda de Falkirk”
  • Swedish: “Falkirkhjulet”
  • Tamil: “பால்க்றிக் வீல்”
  • Telugu: “ఫాల్కిర్క్ చక్రము”
  • Thai: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Thai: “วงล้อฟอลเคิร์ก”
  • Turkish: “Falkirk Wheel”
  • Ukrainian: “Фолкеркське колесо”
  • Vietnamese: “Bánh xe Falkirk”

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