Will you be turning up to Falkirk Wheel's 15th birthday?

Falkirk Wheel Water Play Area Opens..

Following on from its busiest year ever, The Falkirk Wheel will attract even more visitors with the opening of a splashtastic new water play park. The new park expands upon the existing water play area at the attraction.

Scottish Waterways Trust raised Â£430,000 for the expansion, which has been funded by grants from Avondale Environmental (Â£300,000), The Veolia Environmental Trust (Â£65,000) and WREN (Â£65,000), all of which have been funded through the Landfill Communities Fund.

Designed to celebrate the history, geography and role of Scotland's inland waterways, the new water play zone features two new pools boasting everything from a climbable stone map of Scotland to miniature canals, water cannons and pilotable model boats. The bigger of the pools will also play host to hydrozorbs and water dodgems. — Falkirk Wheel Water Play Area Opens.. Following on from its busiest year ever, The Falkirk Wheel will attract even more visitors with the opening of a splashtastic new water play park. The new park expands upon the existing water play area at the attraction. Scottish Waterways Trust raised Â£430,000 for the expansion, which has been funded by grants from Avondale Environmental (Â£300,000), The Veolia Environmental Trust (Â£65,000) and WREN (Â£65,000), all of which have been funded through the Landfill Communities Fund. Designed to celebrate the history, geography and role of Scotland's inland waterways, the new water play zone features two new pools boasting everything from a climbable stone map of Scotland to miniature canals, water cannons and pilotable model boats. The bigger of the pools will also play host to hydrozorbs and water dodgems.

The public are invited to attend the celebrations at The Falkirk Wheel in Tamfourhill on Saturday to enjoy a whole host of entertainment.

Visitors will be able to mark the special day for the world’s only rotating boat lift, which opened in 2002, by going “roamin’ with a Roman” as the Antonine Guard’s legionnaires make an appearance on site, enjoy a performance from masters of theatrical mayhem Mischief La Bas, walk on water in the Wheel’s zorbs, set off on a Segway safari or even take a turn on the Wheel itself.

Running from 10am to 5.30pm, the birthday will also have plenty of food on offer to fuel guests for the full fun-filled day.

There will be stone-baked pizza, artisan ice cream – including a specially-created birthday cake flavour – from Falkirk’s Milk Barn, and an array of sweet and savoury treats in the Wheel’s café.

Scottish Canals director of estates Katie Hughes said: “The Falkirk Wheel is an iconic symbol of the renaissance of Scotland’s canals and we’re immensely proud to be celebrating its 15th birthday.

“The chance to see this iconic feat of engineering in action is still drawing huge numbers of visitors, boosting the economy of the area and helping put Falkirk on tourists’ to-see lists the world over.

“We’ve got some great activities planned on the water, the banks and beyond.”