The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. This allowed navigation from Edinburgh on the east coast to the port of Glasgow on the west coast. The canal is 35 miles (56 km) long and it runs from the River Carron at Grangemouth to the River Clyde at Bowling, and had an important basin at Port Dundas in Glasgow.
The Forth and Clyde Canal, near Bonnybridge and Larbert
Bar Hill and Twechar with Kilsyth and Croy in the background
The branch within Glasgow from Maryhill to Port Dundas, showing Ruchill Church.
The unique Drop Lock at Dalmuir takes boats below a fixed bridge.
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, the third-most populous city in the United Kingdom, and the 27th-most populous city in Europe. In 2022, it had an estimated population as a defined locality of
632,350 and anchored an urban settlement of
1,028,220. Glasgow became a county in 1893, the city having previously been in the historic county of Lanarkshire, and later growing to also include settlements that were once part of Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire. It now forms the Glasgow City Council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is administered by Glasgow City Council.
Image: Glasgow City Chambers Exterior
Image: Gallery of Modern Art
Image: St Mungos
Image: Mc Lennan Arch, Glasgow Green (6058112495)
