Falkirk Wheel – Roughcastle Tunnel loop from Falkirk Grahamston

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Falkirk Wheel – Roughcastle Tunnel loop from Falkirk Grahamston

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Falkirk Wheel – Roughcastle Tunnel loop from Falkirk Grahamston

02:24

36.4km

370m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.55 km for 63 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

2.89 km

Antonine Wall

Ruins

4.58 km

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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5.06 km

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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6.29 km

Rough Castle Fort

Highlight • Historical Site

Built as part of Rome’s northernmost frontier, Rough Castle was a small earth and timber fort on the Antonine Wall. Only occupied for around twenty years it was seemingly attacked …

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6.62 km

Antonine Wall Earthworks

Highlight • Historical Site

The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as Vallum Antonini, was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, …

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7.38 km

St Helen's Loch

Lake

34.3 km

Falkirk Tunnel

Highlight • Bridge

The Falkirk Tunnel is 630 meters long, 18 feet wide, 19 feet high and has a 5 foot wide towpath. It passes the Union Canal under Prospect Hill in Falkirk, …

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