Fast facts
With the Scottish canals on your doorstep, improve your knowledge and check out these fascinating facts and all that Scottish canals' care for:
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Waterway miles
There are five Scottish canals, together making 141 linear miles of waterway network:
60 miles - Caledonian Canal
9 miles - Crinan Canal
35 miles - Forth & Clyde Canal
6 miles - Monkland Canal
31 miles - Union Canal
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Megalitres
Between them, the canals contain 7,766 ML (megalitres) of water
![Reservoirs](https://d1hxd0sho1wxko.cloudfront.net/production/imager-transforms-cache/general/84026/100-0079-640x0_26a1f09add335143bc2c480199428164.jpg)
Reservoirs
The Scottish canals are supplied by 19 reservoirs, holding a total of 18,304 ML of water
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Lochs and locks!
We have the navigation rights to four lochs, including Loch Ness
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Guardians
We are guardians of:
1,500 hectares of land and water
90 locks
98 road bridges
77 accommodation bridges
50 foot bridges
8 railway bridges
2 towpath bridges
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Millions of visitors!
Over 20 million visits to Scotland's canals each year
![The Falkirk Wheel](https://d1hxd0sho1wxko.cloudfront.net/production/imager-transforms-cache/general/192135/AprilFW15-1180x0_26a1f09add335143bc2c480199428164.jpg)
The Falkirk Wheel
The world's first - and only - rotating boat lift is The Falkirk Wheel , which links the Union and Forth & Clyde Canals.
The Falkirk Wheel is 35 metres tall, the equivalent of 8 double decker buses stacked on top of each other!