Forth & Clyde Canal, Bankside, Falkirk

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Forth & Clyde Canal, Bankside, Falkirk by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.

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Forth & Clyde Canal, Bankside, Falkirk

Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 27 Jun 2019

This stretch of canal once served various industries on the right bank - ironworks, timber yard, concrete works and gasworks - but is now entirely used for leisure. Behind the trees is now mostly modern housing (except for the gasworks site, which remains vacant probably because of contamination).

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.011395
Longitude
-3.780478