Roadside oddity
The Kelpies
Falkirk, Scotland
Two 30 m steel horse heads rising out of the canal beside the M9.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 45 min
Andy Scott's giant Clydesdale heads stand in the Helix parkland and glow after dark. Free to walk up to; there is a paid guided tour that takes you inside. A good break stop between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Good to know
- Come at dusk when they are lit
- Free to wander, paid tour to go inside
- Cafe and big car park at the visitor centre
- Getting there
- Sealed road, car park (charge applies)
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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