near Tollcross, in the centre of Edinburgh. If desired the pathway can be extended a further 3 km through the centre of Edinburgh and down to Leith and Leith Docks. Railway lines run close to the path for most of its length. Bowling Station, on the line from Glasgow, is close to the start of the path. Both Glasgow main line railway stations are in the centre of the city, only a few hundred metres apart. The line which has run close to the path from Bowling to Glasgow passes through Glasgow Central Station low-level. The railway line which runs close to the rest of the path runs from Glasgow Queen Street Station to Edinburgh Haymarket Station. In Croy, Falkirk and Linlithgow the canal passes only a few hundred metres from the railway stations. Edinburgh's Waverley Station and Haymarket Station are only a short distance from Lochrin Basin. The path can be completed in three, roughly equal, sections: Bowling Basin (Bowling Station) to Auchinstarry Basin, Kilsyth (Croy Station) Auchinstarry Basin to Linlithgow Canal Centre (Linlithgow Station) Linlithgow Canal Centre to Lochrin Basin (Haymarket and Waverley Stations) Places of interest along the path The Slateford Aqueduct on the outskirts of Edinburgh takes the canal over the Water of Leith. The Avon Aqueduct is west of Linlithgow and is long and high. It is the second largest aqueduct in Britain. At Broxburn on the Union Canal the path runs between a number of red shale bings. The world's oil industry was started near here by James 'Paraffin' Young who build an industry to extract oil from shale. The bings are the remains of an industry which once employed 10,000 people in the area. Some of the bings have been removed to provide foundation material for motorways, but many remain. The Almond Aqueduct is west of Ratho and takes the canal above the River Almond. The Falkirk Wheel allows water craft to move between the Forth & Clyde and Union canals. It replaces the eleven locks that used to allow boats to traverse the height difference between the two canals. The Falkirk Tunnel is the oldest and longest canal tunnel in Scotland. It is 631 metres long, 5.5 metres wide and 6 metres high. The burgh of Kilsyth, with Colzium estate and park The Antonine Wall, which is an ancient Roman fortification and wall, seen for example at Bar Hill near Twechar The