Bowling – Forth Clyde Canal

The Bowling Basin sees quite a lot of activity in the summer months with yachts and motor boats either typing up in the safe harbour or traversing the country from Edinburgh to sail out into the Clyde and further – the Hebridean Islands, maybe!

It’s quite possible to walk along the banks of the Canal, underneath the Erskine Bridge to Clydebank town centre and further. There is car parking at the Bowling Basin but, if you’re in the designated car park, it gets locked overnight so it’s a good idea to check with the lock-keeper in case you’ve got to leave the car till the morning.

Falkirk Wheel

The wheel raises boats by 24 metres (79 ft), but the Union Canal is still 11 metres (36 ft) higher than the aqueduct which meets the wheel. Boats must also pass through a pair of locks between the top of the wheel and the Union Canal. The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world, and one of two working boat lifts in the United Kingdom, the other being the Anderton boat lift. It is a truly stunning piece of engineering design.

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