The Falkirk Wheel boat lift is an exceptional feat of modern engineering and is already being recognised as an inspirational sculpture for the 21st Century.
Designed to reconnect the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals and sited in a natural open amphitheatre at Rough Castle near Falkirk, this remarkable and elegant mechanical marvel is the only rotating boat lift in the world and truly one of a kind that you must visit.
Visitors can enjoy 'The Falkirk Wheel Experience' using barges at the site and the distinctive new visitor centre gives an absolutely sensational viewpoint from which to see the Wheel in action.
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A barge coming off the wheel and one going up to the Union Canal
This is an engineering wonder
Various views of the wheel moving barges from different canals
The Falkirk Wheel is used to connect the Forth & Clyde and Union canals in central Scotland. This magnificent, mechanical marvel has been constructed to 21st Century, state-of-the-art engineering and it is already being recognised as an iconic landmark worthy of Scotland's traditional engineering expertise.
Designed to replace a series of lock gates built in the 19th Century - long since demolished and replaced by housing - the Falkirk Wheel is the showpiece of the Millennium Link project where coast-to-coast navigation of the canals has been re-established for the first time in over 40 years.
THIS IS A MECHANICAL WONDER.
High above the Union Canal enters the Falkirk Wheel
