Visit Kelpie in Falkirk for an amazing day.
Kelpy is a homage to the Clydesdale horses that used to transport goods by boat through the canals of Scotland.
Kelpies have become one of the best tourist attractions in Scotland with over a million visitors to the giant sculptures of two horses.
Kelpies are just a short drive from the center of Edinburgh or Glasgow or the airport.
Private tours of Kelpie, the Falkirk Wheel and the Callendarn home of Glasgow and Edinburgh offer a great day for visitors.
Glasgow artist Andy Scott has designed Kelpy with construction work on 300-ton, 98-foot-long steel figures, starting in 2013.
The completion of the £ 5 million project marked a significant milestone in the Helix project for £ 43 million,
A new visitor center in Kelpies in Helix Park, Scotland, opened in September 2015.
The Kelpi sculptures in Falkirk were opened to the public in April last year. Glasgow-based artist Andy Scott has designed Kelpy with construction work on 300-ton, 98-foot-tall steel figures, starting in 2012.
The completion of a project worth 5 million pounds marked a significant milestone in the Helix project worth 43 million pounds sterling, the goal of which is to transform 865 acres of land between Falkirk and Grandem.
The redevelopment is expected to attract another 350,000 visitors and add 1.5 million pounds in annual tourist expenses to the area, according to those that are behind the project.
The number of Kelpi visitors has now reached over a million.
Easter holidays saw crowds of bumper approaching Kelpy with families from all over Scotland to see the sculptures and go on tour.
Helix Park is a major attraction if you visit Falkirk, with 27 kilometers (17 miles) of cyclones and footpaths, making it an ideal resort for families, as well as pedestrians and cyclists. The park is located on the path of the new John Muy path, which runs from the hometown of Dunbar, Muir, to the west coast of Scotland. Helix Park in Grangemouth covers a green area of almost 300 hectares. Opening the network of canals in Scotland, Helix will also offer an outdoor recreational area filled with forests, a park, a water sports lagoon, paths, bicycle paths and iconic sculptures 30 meters high, kelpies. The car from Edinburgh to Kelpy is about 30 minutes from the airport.
The goal of the project is to turn the underutilized land between Falkirk and Grandem into a thriving urban green zone “The Helix”. This includes an area of operation where large-scale events can be held, water sports facilities provided by the construction of a large lagoon surrounded by playgrounds and high-quality channels.
Kelpies will be a major tourist attraction, as well as the Falkirk wheel. In the area of productivity, which can take large-scale events, there is potential for income in the area, although it is unclear how much. Callendar Park participated in the Bolshoi in Falkirk music and arts festival. Recently, Falkirk staged Elton John and Rod Stewart concerts with Little Mix that you visited this summer.
The last element of Helix is a great new playground. The many gigantic wooden tepodopodobnyh structures that make up the adventure zone, will rise above the park.
Advisors were told that Helix Park is considered the “destination” for the game, and the design should have shown that it can cope with the large amount of use from children aged three to fourteen, be as iconic as the park and kelpie itself, use materials in supporting the park, which was also durable and innovative.
Rona Geisler, director of development services, said: “This will be one of the main playgrounds in Scotland, and it is expected to be widely used, chosen because of its durability and is expected to last 40 years.”
She added that she hopes that the project, which is partly funded by sportscotland, will become a “big” attraction for young people.
Private Kelpi tours can be booked online. The park opened with a nightly exhibition of paintings on the theme of Scotland as HOME with breathtaking light, sound and flames from Groupe F around Andy Scott's iconic new cultural sign. The goal is to create an iconic landmark and tourist attraction for Falkirk. Drivers on the M9 can not miss the 30-meter sculptures when passing by.
A spectacular nightly arts event called HOME launched both the opening of the John Muir path and the international edition of The Kelpies before their opening to the public. At two evenings, on April 17 and 18, a set of disposable, specially ordered nightly works lit up Helix Park, as thousands gathered around iconic kelpies for an unusual animation of a whopping 300 tons supported by a 30-meter sculpture with a pulsating soundtrack.
Groupe F - the pyrotechnic maestros who worked at the Bolshoi in Falkirk, as well as the insight into the Millennium of the Eiffel Tower - bought monuments for the heritage of horses before life with blinding light, flame and sound.
Funding was provided by the Big Land Fund Fund Living Landmarks program. In 2005, the project Helix was awarded one of the four best prizes, which launched a project worth 43 million pounds sterling. Plans include a new section 950 yards long (870 m) of the canal, which connects the river below the four fixed bridges under the new sea castle. The new bridge under the M9 motorway was designed by trimming and covering, and a drawbridge was installed on the A905 road. Two high-pressure pipelines that cross the site to process the Grandemouth oil refinery were redirected.
Private tours of Falkirk can be booked online.
