Category: Forth & Clyde Canal Photos

Kelpies standing near the eastern end of the Forth & Clyde Canal.

The four hydraulic jacks at the corners raise Bonnybridge Lifting Bridge for boats to pass underneath.

A pedestrian footbridge near the Falkirk Wheel and Hire Base is a very busy route used by many of the visitors to the Falkirk Wheel.

We passed the dredger just below Railway Bridge 5 on the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Carron Cut Lock 3 is a new lock built on the new Carron Cut created when the canal was restored and the original route had been built over.

The locals are keeping an eye on us as we arrive in Carron Basin where the Forth & Clyde Canal meets the River Carron.

Falkirk Junction, where the Union Canal diverges from the Forth & Clyde Canal, with …

Twechar Lift Bridge stays level as it rises on hydraulic jacks at each corner when it’s opened for boats to pass through.

Auchinstarry Marina on the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Once a lift bridge, Hillend Swing Bridge is now …

The Marjorie Seagull is one of several trip boats operated by the volunteers of the Seagull Trust cruises providing …

Bowling Basin at the western end of the Forth & Clyde Canal where …

Ferry Road Swing Bridge once carried vehicles to the ferry across the River Clyde. Now vehicles cross the river on the Erskine Bridge, seen in the background, which is

Dalmuir Drop Lock was created when the canal was restored so boats could …

Two lifting bridges are operated one at a time so pedestrians always have a route across the canal, although …

Approaching Boghouse Lock 35, the third of the four locks in this flight.

The steerer must be careful to keep the boat touching, or at least …

Most of the locks don’t have bywashes so water often flows over the gates to keep the pounds downstream topped up.

Leaving Boghouse Lock 33 as we head downstream towards Bowling.

Both halves of bascule bridges are manually wound up by a member of the waterways staff on each side.

One of the waterways staff on each side wind the two halves of the bascule bridges up as we approach.

Unlike the bascule bridges, Netherton Swing Bridge can be operated by just one person. In this case a …

Stockingfield Junction is where the Glasgow Branch leaves the main line of the Forth & Clyde Canal as it heads southwards towards Glasgow.

Spiers Wharf near the southern end of the Glasgow Branch of …

There are great views across the Glasgow skyline from the Glasgow Branch as it enters the city.

The Forth & Clyde Canal Society run tip boats along the canal from their base near Glasgow Road Bridge 21.

The Wee Spark is a one-third sized replica of a Clyde Puffer with its name a play on the “Vital Spark” Clyde Puffer which …

McMonagles is the only “sail through” fish and chip take away where …

The restored and re-routed Glasgow Branch runs next to the M8 Motorway where the noise from the traffic is much too loud to …

Craighall Road Lock, shown here when under construction, is at the southern end of the Glasgow Branch.which lifts boats up to …