Falkirk Wheel – Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct loop from Camelon

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Camelon, Bantaskine And Tamfourhill

Falkirk Wheel – Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct loop from Camelon

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Falkirk Wheel – Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct loop from Camelon

01:45

6.49km

90m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

Check opening times.

After 267 m for 12 m

After 6.22 km for 12 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

267 m

Mooring at the Union Canal and Forth & Clyde Canal Junction

Highlight • River

Mooring at the point where the Union Canal meets the Forth and Clyde. Cross the bridge to get the the Falkirk Wheel

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439 m

Falkirk Wheel

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift in the world. This feat of engineering stands at 115 feet (35 m) tall and, using the power of eight domestic …

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925 m

Roughcastle Tunnel

Highlight • Cycleway

Situated at the top of the Falkirk Wheel where the canal goes through this tunnel to the next set of locks

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1.20 km

Cycle through the Roughcastle Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

Its advisable to walk your bike through long canal tunnels, they are dark and this one is a popular view point with visitors.

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1.35 km

Union Canal Turning Basin

Highlight • Structure

3.20 km

Canada Wood

Forest

3.63 km

Canada Wood Kitchen & Trails

Highlight • Trail

Plenty of trails, blue and green trails around Canada wood kitchen, greenrig cycles bike shop and a pump track with red trails further south into auchingean wood.

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5.59 km

Falkirk Tunnel on the Union Canal

Highlight • Structure

Falkirk Tunnel is a tunnel on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal between Falkirk Tunnel (south end) and Falkirk Tunnel (north end)
It is 631 yards long.

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5.82 km

Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct

Highlight • Monument

The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift in the world. This feat of engineering stands at 115 feet tall and, using the power of eight domestic kettles, transfers …

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6.49 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.27 km

121 m

106 m

Surfaces

2.19 km

1.80 km