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THE Falkirk Wheel- one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions '“ is set for a mini revolution as a £1million programme to refurbish the world's only rotating boat lift gets underway. The ...

The Falkirk Wheel will remain open during the £1m revamp A £1m programme to revamp visitor attractions at the Falkirk Wheel has been announced. The wheel, which attracted over 600,000 people in 2015, ...

Plus, we reveal the top five water attractions set to open in the UK AN UNUSUAL water attraction in the UK has been likened to a theme park ride by visitors – and it’s the only one of its kind in the ...

Scotland's Falkirk Wheel rotates boats between two canals at different heights, replacing a series of locks with a single rotating boat lift> ...

This isn’t a gadget—and it’s even a couple of years old—but we think you’ll forgive this weekend foray into “Oh, wow!” engineering. This bit of concrete and steel is the Falkirk Wheel, a boat lift ...

So what is Scotland's latest attraction that does not involve whiskey (or is it whisky), monsters, kilts or Sean Connery? Here's a hint. It's 115 feel high, carries water and uses a breakfast ...

Starting point Union Inn, Lock 16, Forth and Clyde Canal OS grid reference NS 868 800 (Explorer map 349) Walk in a nutshell This is a feast of engineering feats: ancient, Victorian and modern. After a ...

Walkabout theatre tours have returned to the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies today. Led by a stilt walker and ground-based performer, those who take part in Rowanbank Environmental Arts and Education's ...

We live in an age where engineering marvels are commonplace: airplanes crisscross the sky, skyscrapers grow like weeds, and spacecraft reach for the stars. But every so often, we see something unusual ...