Kelpies Sentinel Canal Sea Lock Canal Hub Wetland
Kelpies Sentinel Canal Sea Lock Canal Hub Wetland Event Space Helix Lagoon Falkirk Stadium Central Park Helix South Allotments
Central Park • • • Attraction Facilities Toilets Retail / Kiosk Outdoor Experience Water play Parking Photo Opportunities Walks Events
Arts, Play & Leisure • • • Attraction Splash Play Sentinels Play Park Allotments Environmental Play Walking Cycling Rollerblading Wildlife Reserve Education Events
Kelpies & Canal Hub • • • Attraction Facilities Toilets Canal Boat Trips Retail / Kiosk Outdoor Experience Indoor Experience Parking / PT interchange Photo Opportunities Canal / Towpath Walks Marina Events
Path & Cycle Network £ 1. 25 million Sports Academy Skate Park Allotments £ 0. 6 million HELIX Structure Planting £ 7. 9 million Central Park £ 6. 15 million Bridge Sentinel Barrow Sentinel Local Nature Reserve Connected Green Network Marina £ 4. 7 million Canal Extension £ 11. 0 million The Kelpies Canal Extension The Kelpies & Sentinels £ 10. 1 million
The Funding Package • • Big Lottery. Falkirk Council. Scottish Canals. Scottish Gov. Ineos. BP. Others(Sustrans/Score etc). FC underwrite. • Funding. £ 25 m £ 6. 3 m £ 7. 3 m £ 1. 5 m £ 0. 25 m £ 0. 005 m £ 1. 1 m £ 2 m £ 43. 5 m
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The Future Canal
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Canal extension route Kelpie Lock Canal Hub M 9 crossing Lift bridge Sealock
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A New Icon
Looking to the Past
Local Legend • Legend of World’s largest horse Carnera • Carried 60 -70 dozen bottles of Barr’s produce • Loved by the public • Tragically died at Cow Wynd 1937
Kelpie Legend The “Kelpie” is a mythological Scottish water horse, with the strength of ten horses and the endurance of many more
Kelpie Legend
Coming to Life
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Making an arrival www. scottishcanals. co. uk
What the Experts Say: The Kelpies will: • be a powerful means of transforming place. • The Kelpies will be one if not the primary pull factors for casual and planned visitors. They will provide the most significant development PR opportunities and will become a unique icon. • There is a well proven demand for entering interested structures, to observe the engineering structure scale • The Kelpies will be the icon of Helix and will invariably be the marker for arrival, destination orientation and commentary
What the Experts Say: The Kelpies will: • Create one of Central Scotland's main and better value attractions with one of the Kelpies housing visitor-related facilities • be viewed 32 million times annually • Draw 300, 000 tourist visits p. a • Could create a boat experience attracting up to 100, 000 paying passengers • Potential revenue of £ 0. 54 million (£ 90 k net contribution) • Related visitor spend estimated at £ 3. 5 million • Estimated to create up to 40 jobs (@£ 106 k-£ 110 k) • Direct F/T jobs 10 no Integrated Canal & Kelpie Hub • Will create significant medium and long term opportunities across the area • Bringing a major attraction to Helix and will deliver benefits neighbouring areas (linked to Sea Lock, canal, sentinel and adjoining areas) • Will add to the major attractions within the Falkirk Council area
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Park Life www. scottishcanals. co. uk
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Social Enterprise n Mo. U funding, financing, training
Community Arts n We are working with Langlees to help them take on more potential CED based offers include running their own art gallery as well as taking on more of their woodland management.
Cycling & Woodlands n • We are supporting Callendar Estates CED group as part of the emerging Bespoke Project
Creating a buzz about Social Enterprise • We are building up a Helix Honey initiative with support from ASDA n and Community Groups Home for 150, 000 new Bees Produce: Helix Honey, Lipbalm, Beeswax Candles, Mead Economic Benefits: Education, Health (mental and physical), environment, carbon reduction, stronger ecosystem, significant increase in yields from nearby crops
Home Grown n • We are supporting the Allotment Society • Land purchased and funds raised
Biochar n £ 10/kg £ 1000£ 1500/cycle Kiln £ 3500 Investment
Creating Opportunity • 34 Construction trainees delivered as part of the main contract • Separate ILM squad of 12 +2 supervisors 12 trainees appointed in October • All local residents • Working mainly in Helix North area • SVQ Level 2 in Landscaping • 12 month programme
Engaging Local Business
Transformation: Helix: developed by enterprise extending participation/appeal Outdoor Cafe Eating Bike / Segway / Tricycle Hire Kelpie Enterprise Development Lock 3 Hub
“I’d like to see Falkirk back on the map as being a place to come and visit – a place to come and see what can be done to change a very industrial town into a place where people will flock to and say, ‘WOW! That’s fantastic” Local Resident The HELIX
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