Costs and Prices
The Falkirk Wheel cost £17.5 million, and the restoration project as a whole cost £84.5 million (of which £32 million came from National Lottery funds).
The Falkirk Wheel Visitor Centre offers scheduled one-hour, round trip boat tours, called "The Falkirk Wheel Experience", that include passage on the wheel. The tours start below the wheel in the Forth & Clyde Canal, ascend via the wheel to the Union Canal, visit nearby areas on the Union Canal, and then return. As of 2010, the boat tour costs £7.95 for adults, £4.95 for children aged 3–15 (free for children under 3), OAP concession £6.95, student/state benefits concession £6.95, and family price of £23.24 (2 adults and 2 or more children -10% discount) with a discount of 10% for a group of 20 or more.
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