Linlithgow Loch Walk Card

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the paths around the loch. the around paths the

walkers and bird watchers following following watchers bird and walkers

on the banks of the Loch. the of banks the on

Walk with raveheart joggers, find often will You sports. see moorhen scratching for food for scratching moorhen see B

The loch is used for a variety of water water of variety a for used is loch The

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including mallard, coot, shellduck coot, mallard, including In Linlithgow, Falkirk. Historic Scotland. Historic

for a wide variety of water fowl water of variety wide a for

by maintained now is and years

make ideal cover and nesting sites sites nesting and cover ideal make This has been added to over the the over to added been has This

reeds, rushes and willow herb that that herb willow and rushes reeds, grounds of the Palace of Linlithgow. Linlithgow. of Palace the of grounds

and gorse. The banks are lined with with lined are banks The gorse. and which used to be the garden and and garden the be to used which

willow interspersed by hawthorn hawthorn by interspersed willow meaning palisade. It comprises land land comprises It palisade. meaning

far bigger woodland; oak, ash and and ash oak, woodland; bigger far comes from the French word ‘pele’ ‘pele’ word French the from comes

There are remnants of what was was what of remnants are There known as Linlithgow Peel. Peel Peel Peel. Linlithgow as known

deciduous forestry and open fields. fields. open and forestry deciduous The area surrounding the loch is is loch the surrounding area The

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Wildlife: Interest of Points LINLITHGOW LOCH Walk Information: Short healthShort health and and scenicScenic walks walks in Falkirk in Falkirk Local Knowledge

Parkhead Small & History: Distance: Holdings 1.5 to 3 miles. Mount Michael Linlithgow Palace built by James Pepper I, in 1424 following the ruin of the Hill Grade: M9 previous building by fire, is in view Easy. Sp ri for much of the walk. It became a Linlithgow ng el Loch d R oad popular palace for the Stewart Risks: dynasty and was the birth place

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u Facilities: e monarchs of Scotland in the LINLITHGOW d START/ n R There are bench seats strategically P tio r FINISH ta e race S 15th and 16th centuries. Although s al Ter Back Union Canal t oy M placed along the route. Public toilets o R n a maintained after Scotland’s

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are located in Linlithgow centre. d R monarchs left for England in 1603, o 0 metres 500 ad the palace was little used, and Map design © HARVEY 2015 www.harveymaps.co.uk Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right 2015. Map design © HARVEY 2015 www.harveymaps.co.uk Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right 2015. was burned out in 1746. It is now a visitor attraction in the care of Historic Scotland. Paper-making was once an important local industry and there was a whisky distillery at the eastern end of the town. In 1822 the Union Canal was completed, linking Edinburgh to Glasgow via Red = 1hr the Forth & Clyde Canal. It was highly successful for a short time until the Glasgow & Edinburgh Railway was opened in 1842. Linlithgow tried to levy dues on railway traffic passing through the town, the costly and unsuccessful court action stripping the town of its wealth. Nobel’s explosives factory stood on the site now occupied by the Tesco supermarket.

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