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Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct – Falkirk Wheel loop from Lenzie

Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct – Falkirk Wheel loop from Lenzie

Moderate

4.8

(4)

148

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Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct – Falkirk Wheel loop from Lenzie

02:09

52.0km

220m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 27, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

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After 25.7 km for 12 m

After 26.7 km for 12 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.79 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 top but you can't get all the way round too over grown.

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19.4 km

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 boats 79 feet (24 m) through the air between the Forth & Clyde Canal and the Union Canal. Boats must then ascend another 36 feet (11 m) through a pair of locks between the top of the wheel and the Union Canal. There is a visitor centre here with facilities and information on the Wheel.

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26.6 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 kettles, transfers boats 79 feet (24 m) through the air between the Forth & Clyde Canal and the Union Canal. Boats must then ascend another 36 feet (11 m) through a pair of locks between the top of the wheel and the Union Canal. There is a visitor centre here with facilities and information on the Wheel.

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26.7 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

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26.7 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

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45.5 km

Ruins

52.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

45.4 km

5.00 km

737 m

624 m

207 m

Surfaces

50.4 km

1.15 km

254 m

125 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 20 May

18°C

10°C

93 %

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Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct – Falkirk Wheel loop from Lenzie

Swans on the Water

Auchinstarry Quarry

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