The Tank

The Tank is a reservoir in , . The Tank is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Scottish Railways and Bo’ness railway station.

Museum
Photo: Macfack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a railway museum operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. It is based on the SRPS's large collection of railway artefacts from across Scotland.

Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bo'ness railway station is a heritage railway station in , Falkirk, . It is not the original Bo'ness railway station, which was located roughly a quarter mile west on Seaview Place, now the site of a car park.

Movie theater
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in is an early example of a purpose-built and thought to be the oldest such building surviving in Scotland. The cinema, which opened in 1912, was built for the Bo'ness cinematography pioneer Louis Dickson and designed by renowned local architect Matthew Steele.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bo’ness and Linlithgow.

Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bo'ness is an industrial town in in central Scotland, with a population of 15,400 in 2022. The main reason to visit is to ride the Bo'ness and Kinneil steam railway.

Photo: Xenophule, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town in in central lowland Scotland, 20 miles west of Edinburgh. It's a commuter town for the city, with a population in 2020 of 12,840.

Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a very attractive village in on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. In the 16th and 17th centuries its merchants grew rich from coal, salt and limestone, trading especially with the Low Countries, and building themselves fine town houses.

The Tank

Latitude
56.0075° or 56° 0′ 27″ north
Longitude
-3.5679° or 3° 34′ 5″ west
Open location code
9C8R2C4J+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 54934634
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
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