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Central Scotland

North Lanarkshire

Greenfaulds And Luggiebank

Auchinstarry Quarry – Falkirk Wheel loop from Greenfaulds

Road cycling routes

Central Scotland

North Lanarkshire

Greenfaulds And Luggiebank

Auchinstarry Quarry – Falkirk Wheel loop from Greenfaulds

Moderate

5.0

(1)

14

riders

Auchinstarry Quarry – Falkirk Wheel loop from Greenfaulds

02:42

62.9km

390m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

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After 48.0 km for 12 m

After 48.4 km for 12 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

14.6 km

Hogganfield Park and Local Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

28.3 km

Ruins

Ruins

3

29.5 km

Swans on the Water

Highlight • Natural

4

32.4 km

Auchinstarry Quarry

Highlight • Natural Monument

Just off the forth and clyde canal path is a great place to stop for a break on way to the kelpies. There's also a short trek up to the …

Tip by

5

35.0 km

The Interpreter Sculpture

Highlight • Structure

Created by artist Svetlana Kondakova and Big Red Blacksmiths, the sculpture looks out from the line of the Antonine Wall across the Kelvin Valley towards what the Romans considered ‘barbarian’ territory, beyond the edge of the Roman Empire.

Tip by

6

41.7 km

Lock 18

Highlight • Structure

7

48.2 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 …

Tip by

8

48.3 km

Willow Sculpture of a Working Horse and Canal Worker

Highlight • Monument

Outside the visitors center is a willow sculpture of a working horse and canal worker

Tip by

9

48.4 km

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

Tip by

55.9 km

Antonine Wall

Ruins

B

62.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.2 km

21.7 km

3.16 km

2.24 km

853 m

547 m

216 m

Surfaces

58.4 km

3.26 km

621 m

524 m

137 m

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

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