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12 October 2018

Expect Disruptions – Severe Weather Warning: Friday 12 October

The Met Office has issued Yellow Weather Warnings across Scotland for today, Friday 12th October, and into the weekend for high winds and rain.…

18 September 2018

Expect Disruptions – Severe Weather Warning: Wednesday 19 September

The Met Office has issued Yellow and Amber Weather Warnings across Scotland for Wednesday 19th September for high winds. We anticipate that this will…

12 June 2018

Canal Theatre follows the yellow brick road to The Falkirk Wheel

The Falkirk Wheel, the world’s only rotating boat lift, is to be transformed into a unique pop-up theatre venue telling two of literature’s most…

03 May 2018

Cross-Atlantic ‘Battle of the Boat Lifts’ planned at The Falkirk Wheel

The world’s only rotating boat lift is embarking upon a cross-Atlantic challenge to see how many canoes and kayaks it can hold at one…

06 March 2018

Revolutionary activity providers wanted at The Falkirk Wheel

Visitors to The Falkirk Wheel could soon be scaling, golfing and zip-lining around the world’s only rotating boat lift as custodians Scottish Canals seek…

15 February 2018

The Falkirk Wheel chosen as one of the top 20 influential projects that shaped the world

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has announced that the Forth Bridge, Hydroelectric power in Scotland, and The Falkirk Wheel amongst the top 200…

31 January 2018

The world’s only rotating boat lift gets an MOT

The Falkirk Wheel is set to be drained of water as annual maintenance works get underway to ensure the world’s only rotating boat lift…

05 December 2017

New hire boat partnership means plain sailing for holidaymakers on Lowland Canals

A new partnership between Scottish Canals and three hire boat fleets has ensured holidaymakers can continue to experience the joy of canal boating on…

02 November 2017

Winter Works at The Falkirk Wheel

Boat trips will be unavailable from Monday 6th November whilst essential maintenance work is carried out at The Falkirk Wheel, and will resume on Wednesday…