Kelpies and Falkirk Wheel Private Tour for 1 - 4 people from Greater Glasgow

Stewart met us at the cruise port and took us on a wonderful adventure. He was a great driver, personable and taught us about so much of what we saw. The Falkirk Wheel is such an engineering marvel, the ride relaxing yet exciting and the Kelpies were awesome! Beautiful park along the canal. We saw both visitor centers and had lunch at the Kelpies.

What a fabulous day we had! Stewart was excellent from booking right through to dropping us back to our ship. He was friendly, informative and we had a wonderful experience. The Kelpies are magnificent and the Falkirk Wheel is just incredible.

8 May 2026 Review of Falkirk – visit to Keplie Horses and Wheel Two of us had an excellent day out from Glasgow to visit the Kelpie Horses in the Helix Park and then the Falkirk Wheel. We used public transport and it was straightforward. Taking the train from Glasgow Queen Street Station at around 8:15 it took about 40 minutes to arrive at Falkirk Grahamston station. We took a short walk of no more than 5 minutes from Grahams Rd to Park Street from where several bus routes stop at the Falkirk Stadium. The ride is about 10 minutes long. It’s then about a 15 minute walk through the Helix Park to see the Kelpie Horses. The walk is pleasant, flat and well signposted. There is an excellent café, toilets, gift shop and exhibition at The Keplies. The horses are stunning. Returning to Falkirk Stadium we boarded one of the many buses outside the stadium and returned to the town centre and made our way to the bus stops in Newmarket Street. We took the number 7 bus to the Falkirk Wheel. The journey takes around 25 minutes mainly through residential areas. The final stop is a few minutes walk to the Wheel (easy to spot behind the houses). The site is very impressive and we saw several wheel rotations, with boats using both the wheel and the lock out onto the main canal. There is an excellent restaurant and facilities around the basin. We didn’t take the boat ride we just enjoyed spectating. We then took the same bus back into town, a five minute walk took us back to Grahamston station, via the Costa Coffee in the retail park opposite. We arrived back at Glasgow Queen Street around 16:30. Tired but pleased we’d managed it all by public transport and it was much more straightforward than we thought. We had lots of help from friendly locals in Falkirk which was great. Useful to know: there are no time restrictions on using trains in Scotland – it’s the same price whenever you travel. There’s a Midland Bluebird DuoSaver bus ticket that covers buses to both attractions, valid for one day it cover the wider Falkirk area. Cost £12.50 (for 2 passengers). It’s about a 5 mile walk in each direction from Keplies to Wheel. Hope this helps, of course you can use taxis from the rank outside the station and the walking might be too much for less able visitors. I was very worried we wouldn’t be able to do everything in one day and it took a lot of research but it was surprisingly easy once we got started. Enjoy!