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Falkirk Top Lock No 16

 
Forth and Clyde Canal Towpath, Larbert FK1 4LR, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Falkirk Top Lock No 16 is a minor waterways place on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) between Sea Lock Basin (2 miles and 7¾ furlongs and 13 locks to the east) and Union Canal Junction (Junction of Forth and Clyde and Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canals) (1 mile and ¼ furlongs to the west).
 
It is at one end of Falkirk Locks.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Sea Lock Basin is Falkirk Lock No 15; ¾ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Union Canal Junction is Falkirk Top Lock Winding Hole; ¼ furlongs away.

There is access (unofficial access) to the towpath here.

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring). Mooring pontoons above the lock.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

 
 
Amenities

Amenities here

 Aldi

Amenities nearby at Falkirk Lock No 15

 La Picardie
 Fish & Chips
 Fish & Chips
 Camelon Station
 
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The official reopening of the canal
 
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In the direction of Clyde Canal Junction

Falkirk Top Lock Winding Hole¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
Union Canal Junction1 mile, ¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
Falkirk Wheel Basin1 mile, 1 furlong and 2 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Falkirk Wheel Basin
Rough Castle Tunnel Winding Hole1 mile, 2¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Rough Castle Tunnel Winding Hole
Lime Road Bridge Winding Hole1 mile, 6¾ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Lime Road Bridge Winding Hole
Greenbank Aqueduct Arm2 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Greenbank Aqueduct Arm
Greenbank Winding Hole2 miles, 4½ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Greenbank Winding Hole
Walkers Bridge Winding Hole3 miles, 1½ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Walkers Bridge Winding Hole
Glen Burn Winding Hole4 miles, 2½ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Glen Burn Winding Hole
Huts Bridge Winding Hole4 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Huts Bridge Winding Hole
Reddingmuirhead Winding Hole5 miles, 4½ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Reddingmuirhead Winding Hole
Brightons Bridge Winding Hole6 miles, 6 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Brightons Bridge Winding Hole
A801 Road Bridge Winding Hole8 miles, ½ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to A801 Road Bridge Winding Hole
Wyndford Lock Winding Hole7 miles, 1 furlong and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
Vellore Road Bridge Winding Hole8 miles, 6 furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Vellore Road Bridge Winding Hole
Craigmarloch Basin8 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
Avon Aqueduct Winding Hole9 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Avon Aqueduct Winding Hole
Woodcockdale Bridge Winding Hole10 miles and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Woodcockdale Bridge Winding Hole
Auchinstarry Winding Hole9 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
Manse Road Basin12 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 4 locks away
Travel to Union Canal Junction, then on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal to Manse Road Basin

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water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Falkirk Wheel] must also pass through a pair of locks between the top of the wheel and the Union Canal. The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift of its kind in [Edinburgh Canal Society] River Clyde, Carron Sea Lock, to Port Edgar via Inverkeithing. 23 May and 13 August 2003 Harrison Park to Falkirk Top Lock 25 Sept. 2003 World Canals [The Helix (Falkirk)] project to improve the connections between and around 16 communities in Falkirk Council, Scotland, including the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal [Forth and Clyde Canal] Camelon Lock No. 14 15 – Falkirk Wheel 16 – Falkirk Bottom Lock No. 16 17 – Underwood Lock No. 17 18 – Allandale Lock No. 18 19 – Castlecary Lock No. 19 [Lock (water navigation)] A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways [Ronquières inclined plane] on the French-language Wikipedia from which this article was translated Falkirk Wheel Ronquières, the non official site Official Site Plan incliné de Ronquières [Watling Lodge] near what is now Lock Sixteen on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk with neighbouring forts at Rough Castle to the west and Falkirk to the east. There [Anderton Boat Lift] tallest boat lift, in Le Rœulx, province of Hainaut, Belgium Falkirk Wheel Peterborough lift lock – World's highest hydraulic boat lift, in Peterborough, Ontario [Jeopardy (TV series)] about a group of eight secondary-school students and their teacher from Falkirk, Scotland, who travel to the Australian bush to look for UFOs. They are [Roy Keane] later, a shot from 20 yards in a 2–1 Scottish Premier League victory over Falkirk. He retained his place the following Sunday in his first Old Firm derby
 
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