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Navigation Authority
British Waterways, Canal House, Applecross Street, GLASGOW, G4 9SP
enquiries.hq@britishwaterways.co.uk
The canal runs from Bowling to Grangemouth with 39 locks along the 35 miles.
Length | Beam | Height | Draught |
68ft 6in | 19ft 8in | 9ft 10in | 6ft |
20.88m | 5.94m | 2.99m | 1.82m |
Boaters’ Services
Hire Boat Companies
Alvechurch Waterway Holidays
Falkirk Wheel, Lime Road, Tamfourhill, FALKIRK, FK1 4RS
Tel: 0121 4452909
Fax: 0121 4477120
Black Prince Narrow Boat Holidays
Falkirk Wheel, Lime Road, Tamfourhill, FALKIRK, FK1 4RS
Tel: 01527 575115
Fax: 01527 575116
Refreshment Facilities
Rosebank Beefeater
Camelon, FALKIRK, FK1 4DS
Tel: 01324 611842
The Union Inn
Lock 16, Portdownie, Camelon, FALKIRK, FK1 4QZ
Tel: 01324 613839
Visitor Attractions
The Falkirk Wheel
Lime Road, Tamfourhill, FALKIRK, FK1 4RS
Tel: 01324 619888
Fax: 01324 671224
www.waterscape.com/servicesdirectory/T/The_Falkirk_Wheel.html
McLellan Galleries
270 Sauchiehall Street, GLASGOW, G2 3EH
Tel: 0141 565 4100
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/McLellanGalleries/
Gallery of Modern Art
Queen Street, GLASGOW, G1 3AH
Tel:0141 229 1996
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/GalleryofModernArt/
Museum of Transport
1 Bunhouse Road, GLASGOW, G3 8DP
Tel: 0141 287 2720
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/MuseumofTransport/
Fossil Grove
Victoria Park, GLASGOW, G14 1BN
Tel: 0141 287
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/FossilGrove/
People’s Palace and Winter Gardens
Glasgow Green, GLASGOW, G40 1AT
Tel: 0141 271 2951
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
2 Castle Street, GLASGOW, G4 0RH
Tel: 0141 553 2557
Provand’s Lordship
3 Castle Street, GLASGOW, G4 ORB
Tel: 0141 552 8819
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/ProvandsLordship/
Martyrs’ School
Parson Street, GLASGOW, G4 OPX
Tel: 0141 552 2356
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/MartyrsSchool/
Scotland Street School Museum
225 Scotland Street, GLASGOW, G5 8QB
Tel: 0141 287 0500
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/ScotlandStreetSchoolMuseum/
The Burrell Collection
Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, GLASGOW, G43 1AT
Tel: 0141 287 2550
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/TheBurrellCollection/
Pollok House
Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, GLASGOW, G43 1AT
Tel: 0141 616 6410
www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/PollokHouse/
Glasgow Police Museum
68 St. Andrew's Square, GLASGOW
Tel: 07788 532691
Historical Information
The canal was opened in 1790 to link the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth and provided a safe route for coasters during the war with France. Pleasure steamers used the canal from 1893 until the outbreak of World War II. The canal was closed in 1963 to facilitate road construction. With funding from a huge Millennium Lottery grant, the canal was reopened in 2001. At Port Downie, a flight of eleven locks had linked the canal to the Union Canal to Edinburgh but these were infilled. Replacing them is the Falkirk Wheel, the world’s first rotating boat lift, opened by the Queen in 2002.
The basins at Port Dundas, the southernmost part of the Glasgow Arm of the Forth & Clyde Canal, were not restored along with the rest of the Millennium Link. However, a £5,700,000 project to reconnect Port Dundas with the rest of the canal was completed and formally reopened in September 2006. The project, planned by BW Scotland and Glasgow City Council, is likely to be catalyst for substantial rejuvenation in the area and BW is involved with this continuing work. At the eastern end of the canal, Falkirk Council is leading a bit for Lottery funds that would provide a new and easier to navigate exit to the sea at Grangemouth.
Further Information
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Websites
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