Signpost on the Union Canal at Falkirk Falkirk
is at the junction 
      of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal The canals join at the Falkirk Wheel  | 
    
 
      Roughcastle Tunnel for
Union Canal  at Falkirk  | 
    
Roughcastle Tunnel for
Union Canal  at Falkirk  | 
    
 Roughcastle Tunnel  for Union Canal at Falkirk  | 
    
 
       Roughcastle Tunnel  for Union Canal at Falkirk  | 
    
 
      Roughcastle Tunnel  for
Union Canal  at Falkirk  | 
    
 
      Exit from Roughcastle Tunnel on the Union
Canal  near the Falkirk Wheel  | 
    
Lock
1  on the Union
Canal  near the Falkirk Wheel  | 
    
Lock
1  on the Union Canal near the Falkirk Wheel  | 
    
Map of the
Forth & Clyde  and Union
Canals from Glasgow to Edinburgh  | 
    
Union Canal at Falkirk  | 
    
 
      Falkirk Tunnel for the Union Canal The Falkirk Tunnel  was constructed  
      some 200 years ago and was originally used for transporting coal, it carries the Union Canal beneath Prospect Hill in Falkirk and connects Falkirk to Edinburgh. The Falkirk Tunnel is 630 meters long, 18ft-wide, 19ft-high and has a 5ft-wide towpath.  | 
    
 
      Falkirk Tunnel for the Union Canal  | 
    
 
      Falkirk Tunnel for the Union Canal  | 
    
Union Canal  between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
Glen Bridge over Union Canal between Falkirk and Linlithgow The bridge carries the B803 road  
      
      over the Union Canal at Glen Village known as the " laughin', greetin' bridge " the projecting keystones bear human masks - laughing on the E side and weeping on the W above each appears the date 1821  | 
    
 
      Glen Bridge over
      Union
Canal  between Falkirk and Linlithgow  | 
    
 
      Glen Bridge over
      Union
Canal  between Falkirk and Linlithgow  | 
    
Glen Bridge over
      Union
Canal  between Falkirk and Linlithgow  | 
    
 
      Glen Bridge over
      Union
Canal  between Falkirk and Linlithgow  | 
    
 
      Wooden Spoon Seagull  on
Union
Canal  between Falkirk and Linlithgow  | 
    
Wooden Spoon Seagull  on
Union
Canal  between Falkirk and Linlithgow  | 
    
Wooden Spoon Seagull  on
Union
Canal  between Falkirk and Linlithgow  | 
    
Bridge over the Union Canal  between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
Bridge over the Union Canal  between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
 
      Bridge over the Union Canal  between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
Bridge over the Union Canal between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
Signpost on
path  from
the Union Canal  towards
      Callendar
Woods  | 
    
Bridge over the Union Canal  between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
Bridge over the Union Canal  between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
Bridge over the Union Canal  between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
A801 Road Bridge  over
the Union
Canal  between
      Falkirk
and Linlithgow  | 
    
 
      Map of Falkirk and Surroundings showing
the Forth
and Clyde Canal  and the Union Canal and their
junction at the Falkirk Wheel 
       | 
    
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      Map of the Union
Canal  from the Falkirk Wheel  | 
    
 
      Map of the Union
Canal  through Falkirk  | 
    
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