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1. www.scottishcanals.co.uk › the-falkirk-wheelScottish Canals | The Falkirk Wheel Forth & Clyde

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   Prices. Adult. £17.50. Concession* £15.50. Child (5-15yrs) £9.50. Child (under 5) Free. Registered Carers. Free. * 60 years+, students and Blue Light card holders. Tickets are required for every passenger boarding a boat trip. Facilities.

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   About this ticket. Take a ride on the world’s only rotating boat lift, The Falkirk Wheel. Our Original Tour takes 50 minutes and includes two turns on The Wheel. Dogs are welcome, however we advise wherever possible furry friends stay on terra firma. What to expect.

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   How much does the Falkirk Wheel cost?

   • Scottish Canals video on the Falkirk Wheel website makes all this science very clear. Opened by Queen Elizabeth II in May of 2002, the wheel cost about £85 million to build. But to raise and rotate the two gondolas, each weighing 600 tons and carrying an Olympic swimming pool's volume of water (500,000 liters), is much cheaper.

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   What time is a Falkirk Wheel gondola trip?

   • The trip is aboard an enclosed vessel, specially designed for the Falkirk Wheel gondola. Boat trips are typically scheduled for 11:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:40 p.m., and 3:50 p.m., though there may be additional times available on the date you book your trip. Adult fares were £13.50 as of 2019.

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   How often does the Falkirk Wheel turn?

   • The Falkirk Wheel turns periodically throughout the day during the summer. * 60 years+, students and Blue Light card holders. Tickets are required for every passenger boarding a boat trip.

   Scottish Canals | The Falkirk Wheel Forth & Clyde

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   What is the Falkirk Wheel & how does it work?

   • The wheel lifts boats 115 feet into the air between Scotland’s Forth & Clyde and Union canals, and visitors can experience it in action on a 60-minute journey across both waterways. Free to visit the site. The Falkirk Wheel is a popular tourist attraction near Falkirk that has the distinction of being the world’s only rotating boat lift.

   The Falkirk Wheel Visitor Guide | Stirlingshire - Out About Scotland

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4. scottishcanals.ecr-aws.co.uk › en › homeFalkirk Wheel Trips - Booking Website

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   The Falkirk Wheel - E-boat Hire. From 10:30 - 17:30 . ... Mini Golf Ticket. From 10:30 - 15:30 . Come and have a go on our 9 hole mini golf course . favorite_border .

5. www.tripsavvy.com › the-falkirk-wheel-completeThe Falkirk Wheel: Complete Guide - TripSavvy

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   • The History of The Falkirk Wheel
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   From the late 18th century, two canals—the Forth & Clyde Canal and the Union Canal—provided East/West navigation across the Scottish lowlands. They carried canal boats bearing goods between the Firth of Clyde near Glasgow and the Firth of Forth at near Edinburgh. In the 19th century, at the village of Falkirk, a series of 11 locks connected the two...

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   Early on, the designers realized that the energy required to raise caissons full of water (the gondolas), boats, and passengers the 115 feet between the two canals would take a tremendous and prohibitive amount of energy, whether driven by electricity or fossil fuel. So architect Tony Kettle and his team turned to an ancient principle discovered by...

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   You don't have to be on a canal boat cruise to experience "floating" up and down between the two canals, a distance equal to the height of a stack of eight double-decker buses. Fifty-minute trips on the wheel, starting and finishing at the visitor center, are offered throughout the year and bookable by telephoning the visitor center (+44 (0)8700 50...

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   Families can make the Falkirk Wheel a full day of entertainment. The Visitor Center includes a cafe and gift shop plus, in warmer weather, the "Splash Zone" has Water Zorbing and canoeing, peddle boats, stand-up paddle boarding, and bumper boats. Bike hire and Segway Safaris are also available. And the two horses' heads known as the Kelpies are jus...

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   Where: The Falkirk Wheel, Lime Rd, Tamfourhill, Falkirk FK1 4RS When: Open Monday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Getting there: By car: From Edinburgh, take the M9 toward Stirling to Junction 8, then follow brown and white signs. From Glasgow, off the M80, then M876 and exit M876 at Junction 1. By Train: The nearest train stations are Fal...

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   • Location: Lime Rd, Falkirk FK1 4RS, UK

   • Phone: 0300 373 0868

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7. outaboutscotland.com › a-guide-to-the-falkirkThe Falkirk Wheel Visitor Guide | Stirlingshire

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   The Visitor Centre is open 7 days a week, 9.45 am – 5.30 pm. Admission Price: Free to visit the site. Tours: Adult £13.50. Concession £12.00 (anyone over 60, holding an Access Card, full-time Student or Falkirk Council Tax Payer. Child (5-15yrs) £8.00. Child (under 5) Free. Registered Carers Free.

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9. www.scotrail.co.uk › things-to-do › falkirk-wheelThe Falkirk Wheel | ScotRail

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   Apr 16, 2024 · Opening times. 1 Jun--15 Sep: 9.45am--5.30pm. Seasonal times. 29 Mar--31 May: 9.45am--5.30pm. Admission. Adults £17.50, Concession £15.50, Child 5--15yrs £9.50, Child Under 5 Free. Lime Road, Falkirk, FK1 4RS. + −. Leaflet | © OpenStreetMap contributors.