1. What are times and prices for 2008
(FAQs/FAQ\'s on the Falkirk Wheel)

...call 08700 500 208. Trips last approximately 60 minutes, and visitors should arrive at least 30 minutes before the allocated trip time, in order to collect pre booked tickets and allow...

2. Grant for huge horse sculptures
(News/Latest)

...ome a major tourism asset for Scotland, attracting visitors from across the globe." Falkirk East MSP Cathy Peattie said: "This project will provide a major boost to the local economy,...

3. Wheel turns for top tourist sites
(News/Latest)

...useum of Scotland saw smaller increases. The National Museum of Costume, near Dumfries, was the least visited. The figures related to attractions which are Alva members. The grou...

4. History & Legend - Step back in time
(Magazine Articles/History)

...ntury. The ruins of Airth Old Parish Church stand nearby to the north - east. It dates back at least to the 12th century and exhibits some architectural...

5. Restoration: The Engineering Challenge
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Canals)

Completing the Millennium Link, bringing 110 km (69 miles) of canal and towpath back to life by Easter 2001 will involve: removing 33 obstructions, including 1.7km which has been infilled at W

6. The Soliton
(Magazine Articles/History)

...tific guide in the pursuit of speed. He went on to design much of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern, for many years the world's largest steamship....

7. The Antonine Wall
(Magazine Articles/History)

...ularly well preserved. In places the Antonine Wall stands some 5 feet high. The fort itself lies to the east, and would probably have provided barrack accommodation for about 500 men. The rampart and ...

8. The Union Canal
(Magazine Articles/History)

...t distance from Lock16 in Camelon where it originally connected. A few yards inside the tunnel looking east...The Union canal has the only canal tunnel in Scotland and this was constructed at the dem...

9. Walter Alexander
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Makers)

... and Clyde Canal or the railways, which had developed into a network of lines connecting Polmont in the east with Larbert in the west where connections were made to the main lines to Stirling and the ...

10. William Forbes of Callendar
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Makers)

...irlingshire at this time were mainly of three types - adventurers returned with colonial money from the east Indies; profiteers who had done well out of government contracts and prize money in the war...

11. Sir Laurence Dundas
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Makers)

...age of Laurieston, which had originally been New Merchiston, is interred in the family mausoleum at the east end of Falkirk Old Parish Church. His son Thomas was created Lord Dundas and in 1832 his s...

12. John Russell
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Makers)

... Glen's excavations DID damage and weaken the Steeple which, because it already leaned slightly to the east, started to lean even more dramatically in that direction and a crack appeared. By 1803, it...

13. James Bruce of Kinnaird
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Makers)

...ect. Taking the advice of friends, he left Kinnaird for London in 1753 determined to win a job with the East India Company. That plan was put on hold when he met, and married, Adriana Allan whose att...

14. James Finlayson
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Makers)

...other films he made around the same time. This suggests to some that Finlayson's trademark "teastrainer" was not actually real! What is real is his filmography which spans 32 years an...

15. Bobby McGregor (M.B.E) - Olympic Medallist
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Makers)

...ound two hours every morning during the week before catching the train to university in Glasgow and at least one hour after tea - and study - at night. Maybe, and only when competitions were not li...

16. A.G.Barr - Barrs Irn Bru
(Magazine Articles/Millennium Makers)

...ducts were the Barr horses used to haul the flat-top lorries piled high with crates. These were hardy beasts and had to be: a loaded lorry carried 60 to 70 dozen bottles and weighed about three tons....

17. The Solitary Wave
(Magazine Articles/History)

... scientific guide in the pursuit of speed. He went on to design much of Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Eastern, for many years the worlds largest steamship. Over one hundred and fifty years ago, whil...

18. The Falkirk Wheel - An Engineering Masterpiece
(Magazine Articles/History)

...entral Scotland. The project is the largest canal restoration in Britain’s history and links the East and West coasts of Scotland with fully navigable waterways for the first time in over 35 ye...

19. I want to take a yacht from the forth through to the clyde is this possible?
(FAQs/FAQ\'s on the Falkirk Wheel)

...esting article to read is available at Tidewinder of Ramsay where the owners took the trip from West to East through the Forth & Clyde canal in 2001 (prior to the opening of the Falkirk Wheel)....

20. East of Scotland European Partnership
(Web Links / Enterprise Companies)

East of Scotland European Partnership Enterprise Way Carnegie Campus South Dunfermline KY11 8PY Tel: 01383 622537 Fax: 01383 622624