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Risks: h t Road r which runs through the . It o Care must be taken when crossing Bonnybridge F was also known as Ford of Bonny the main road. This can be very Bonnyfield Nature Park (Fuird of Bonny 1648). The part busy so please use the designated of the village on the south side of crossing point. the River Bonny was also known

as Bonny Water whilst the part on Facilities: High Gr Bonnybridge the north side was called Water e d R e a Unfortunately there are no seats oa n o h R of Bonny. This lies just north of 0 metres 500 d i ll lly ei along the route. Toilet facilities areBonny Water R the Forth & Clyde Canal known by Map design © HARVEY 2015 www.harveymaps.co.uk Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right 2015. available in the Community Centre Map design © HARVEY 2015 www.harveymaps.co.uk Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right 2015. the locals as simply ‘The Canal’. or at the Co-op on Main Street. This runs from the River Carron at

lly Rei to the River Clyde at Bowling. The canal opened in 1790 providing a route across for seagoing vessels and closed in the mid 1960s. The earliest record for the modern name comes from 1682 when it appears Red = 1hr as Bonniebridge which may give an Purple = 45 mins indication of the period in which the first bridge was built.

Industrial Bonnybridge around 1900.

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