📌 Forth & Clyde / Union Canals, Falkirk
★★★
The best way to fully appreciate the Falkirk Wheel and its wider setting is a walk along the two canals it connects together. Easy walking along towpaths culminates in a dramatic emergence from a short tunnel, with the top of the Wheel directly ahead along with a panoramic view taking in the Ochil Hills. Food is available at the visitor centre and at a pub midway.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Falkirk Wheel north car park, Millennium Wheel Drive, 2 mi west of Falkirk town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 853803
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.003164,-3.840900
🚌 Falkirk Wheel | 🚆 Camelon (0.5 mi)
🚗 Car parks on Millennium Wheel Drive & Lime Road
📝 Key info
▶ 5 km / 3 mi | ▲ 60 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr
Features: Falkirk Wheel ★★★; Forth & Clyde Canal; Union Canal; Roughcastle Tunnel
⬤ Easy | Surfaced canal towpaths, urban paths / pavements between the two canals, steeper mud path to reach Union Canal.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Lock Sixteen via Forth & Clyde Canal – Union Canal aqueduct over Greenbank Road – Roughcastle Tunnel via Union Canal – Falkirk Wheel – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Swans, mallards, moorhens, a grey heron, cormorants / shags. Tiny fish in the canal.
Weather: 13°C, sunny with cloudier patches, light breeze.
October 2023
