Wednesday Walk - Linlithgow circular via Union Canal and River Avon.

Contact details are Peter Toner 07803085087 and available via the Walk App or on WhatsApp.
. We will walk the Union Canal and River Avon paths returning to Linlithgow Centre.
Meet outside of Star and Garter Hotel, close for bus and train travellers.
Starting from Linlithgow Canal Centre, head west towards the Avon Viaduct (3 miles).
150 yeards before the viaduct turn right down some steps by the Avon Heritage Trail signpost. Follow this trail and at the end turn right up a narrow road, then left towards traffic lights. Turn right at the main road and head into the centre of Linlithgow. At Linlithgow Cross, marked by a large fountain, walk up the kirkgate, past St Michael’s Parish Church and through the gates of Linlithgow Palace.
The Palace is one of the most impressive ruins in Scotland, and where Mary Queen of Scots was born in 1542 – well worth a visit. Turn right and head towards the loch. Follow the park through parkland until you reach the gate, which leads you through a lane up to the main Blackness Road. Turn left along this road and further up, left again through a gate and across a field at the each end of the loch.