The Helix Around Town Cycle Tour

The Helix Around Town Cycle Tour

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NCN the onto and bursting with exhibits interpreting interpreting exhibits with bursting Old Town, provides an excellent new link past the Old Town/Glensburgh Town/Glensburgh Old the past link new excellent an provides Town, Old 14 Falkirk Tunnel Tunnel Falkirk Dismount magnifcent Callendar House is is House Callendar magnifcent canal at The Kelpies, with a new towpath connecting into Grangemouth’s Grangemouth’s into connecting towpath new a with Kelpies, The at canal Dating from the 14th century, the the century, 14th the from Dating One of two pedestrian access points into Grangemouth Town. The new new The Town. Grangemouth into points access pedestrian two of One links to Falkirk Town Centre and the canal network. network. canal the and Centre Town Falkirk to links Provides a rail link to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and walking and cycling cycling and walking and Edinburgh, and Glasgow to link rail a Provides 16 Callendar House House Callendar 18 Primrose Road Underpass Underpass Road Primrose 13 Falkirk High Railway Station Station Railway High Falkirk when you’ve worked up an appetite, there’s the Teashop at the Stables. Stables. the at Teashop the there’s appetite, an up worked you’ve when wagtails, kingfshers or even tawny owls and buzzards. buzzards. and owls tawny even or kingfshers wagtails, There’s over 170 acres to play in, mature woodlands and gardens and, and, gardens and woodlands mature in, play to acres 170 over There’s yew, sycamore, oak, holly and larch trees. Stop and spot dippers, grey grey dippers, spot and Stop trees. larch and holly oak, sycamore, yew, heart of Edinburgh. Edinburgh. of heart Antonine Wall within its boundaries, this is the grandfather of parks. parks. of grandfather the is this boundaries, its within Wall Antonine This hidden gorge is a real delight with its waterfalls, stream and wood of of wood and stream waterfalls, its with delight real a is gorge hidden This second longest), through tunnels, past tranquil scenery and into the the into and scenery tranquil past tunnels, through longest), second With a history stretching back to the 12th century, and a part of the the of part a and century, 12th the to back stretching history a With This 32 mile long waterway travels over aqueducts (including Britain’s Britain’s (including aqueducts over travels waterway long mile 32 This Callendar Park. Park. Callendar The Helix, The Falkirk Wheel and and Wheel Falkirk The Helix, The Kelpies Hub Hub Kelpies A circular cycle route connecting connecting route cycle circular A to cycle cycle to Park Wetlands Adventure Zone Zone Adventure area play Splash A place place A Roads Roads Parking Car Hub Kelpies Helix Plaza Café Café Plaza Railway Lawn Great The Footpaths Footpaths Stadium Falkirk Lagoon The 17 15 12 Callendar Park Park Callendar Union Canal Canal Union Westquarter Glen Glen Westquarter Dismount Helix Park and Lagoon Helix Around Town Tour 1 Falkirk Community Stadium Parking Available 5 Abbotshaugh Woods 10 The Falkirk Wheel HArTT Cycle Route Opened in 2003, Falkirk Community Stadium is a great place to begin A series of colourful community woodland your journey. Best known, of course, as home to Falkirk Football Club, artworks pop up in unexpected places: the stadium is also well used by local businesses, community and sporting ‘The Human Sun Clock’, ‘Celtic Circle’, and There’s a new adventure groups and now stands at one of the main entrances to the Helix. ‘Love & Kisses’. Created by Langlees and Bainsford residents and artist Jephson to be had in Falkirk and Robb as part of The Helix, Love & Kisses 2 The Helix celebrates community connections, and symbolises the healing that has taken Grangemouth and it’s right Helix Park is the newest and one of the most innovative parks in Scotland. place in this community. Use the 27km of new pathway to explore all four zones that make up on your doorstep. The Helix, or just explore Helix Park and it’s mixed biodiversity, from the Dawson Mural woodlands to the wetlands and the wildfower meadows to the native 6 bulbs, hedges and trees. Helix Park opened in September 2013 and features an amazing splash jet area, the new timber adventure play zone, a 200 This vibrant community mural created by a local youth group and grafti HArTT Cycle Route The 16 mile route also passes many metre diameter lagoon, a Great Lawn for events and a lagoon side cafe. artist Scott Gilbert, transforms this underpass into outdoor artwork, and lesser known but no less interesting Explore the varied places and spaces throughout The Helix - The HArTT acts as a gateway to the woodlands. Standing as high as eight double decker buses stacked together and Created out of a staggering places to stop and enjoy the wildlife route will guide you through Helix South, Helix Park, past The Kelpies and weighing a mind blowing 1,200 tonnes, this is the world’s only rotating 500km of cycleway, this 16 and history or get active. The Kelpies by Andy Scott boatlift. Take a trip on the Wheel, splash about in the Water Play Area mile circular route begins into Helix North. The best thing about the HArTT is that 7 Carron Works or grab something to eat. at The Helix and travels you can enjoy a full day out exploring The Kelpies Hub by cycleway, towpath and with friends and family, dip in and out, 3 Dismount use it to keep ft or to travel to work. The largest iron works in Europe in its heyday, Carron was also famed 11 Roughcastle Tunnel woodland trail past The for the ‘Carronade’, a short smoothbore, cast iron cannon developed for Kelpies, The Falkirk Wheel So, hop on your bike, fnd your local Opened to the public in April 2014 and standing 30 metres high, The the Royal Navy in the 1770s. A replica of the Carronade can be viewed This short tunnel was carefully and Callendar Park before cycleway, join the HArTT and discover Kelpies rear up dramatically from the ground. These steel equine statues in Callendar House. the area from an exciting new excavated when the Wheel was returning to The Helix. are the largest in the world and stand guard over the new extension to perspective. the Forth & Clyde canal. Already creating a stir worldwide, these stunning built so as not to disturb the remains 8 Forth & Clyde Canal of the Roman Antonine Wall of More information about the cycleways statues are set to be a new icon for Scotland. across the Falkirk District and how they 142AD under which it passes. connect into the regional and national The Wetland and River Carron cycle routes can be found at:: 4 Rosebank Distillery thehelix.co.uk/cycle-map 9 Enjoy a day out at The Falkirk Wheel with our special HArTT ofer. Stop here and see nature do what Take a look at the still, mash and tun house and three bonded warehouses Just present your map and receive a 5% discount in the Cafe and nature does best. This quiet wetland of the B Listed former Rosebank Distillery (c 1817). Though the distillery is no Shop and 10% of the full price of a standard boat trip on the Wheel. has grown quietly over recent years longer operational, Rosebank Whisky, a triple distilled single malt, now fetches Subject to availability. Exclusions apply. and is now home to an abundance over £200 a bottle and plans are in place to bring the distillery back to life. of birds, beasties and aquatic wildlife. The HArTT Cycle Route Key Carron House Points of 1 The HArTT Path under Bridge over interest cycle route ground road/railway Carron Park M 9 STE Roads and Railway Parks and Carron Woodland Larbert pavements line green spaces NHO Station Dams C A R Larbert U R O S 5 E N R Cobblebrae R OA O River Carron A Abbotshaugh Rivers and Road crossing Controlled Railway D D River Carr on Streams with Island road crossing station 6 4 A B B B 9 O 0 T 7 2 S RO AD 3 OAN S L D’ VI DA T C S A S R A D R D O A N N O U R R D O S A E A D D A R ROAD B N TRIBUTO B IS D D 2 O N O ER A R TH 3 1 T NOR O R 9 S B G S T R O A B N B D AO D G A R R D E D A A West Mains R O E O H R LAGN A M Ponds S D U N T M A IN BANKSIDE E O S W B B TR H A O E E D U A O T R S A N A N 883 ET E O R R O E T U Forth & Clyde Canal A N H E V D E A N R O N Zetland T S I D 4 B H 0 I E S Park C 9 A R M T A N E E Falkirk R 2 A803 U K I C Camelon N I D I M E B N AV R G S E D U L O 2 EA Station RS A 3 T L T D S 1 AVENUE A DE A U S 9 8 L E O R 0 D O B 3 DA F R R I R R E I O K S D E N R A R T A G L I O O O K O D D L R T R N A A S S D I A R F D R N G H LA H O O LA S C A A G A W OW R D T D E R E M N OA H M O D 8 S Grangemouth R Camelon R N D A O H Falkirk 18 B I O A L R L U D L R Victoria Community R A CE N N O 4 B A A 90 N A A C D Park AD Stadium TRAL O N TH R Carmuirs Park OU K

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