Crowds sightseeing beside Andy Scott’s monumental Clydesdale-inspired Kelpies at the popular Helix visitor park in Falkirk., FK2 7ZT

Large crowd of visitors gathers around The Kelpies at Helix Park in Falkirk, Scotland, beneath a dramatic grey and overcast sky. Families, couples, organised groups and individual tourists spread across the broad paved plaza, pausing to take photographs, study the sculptures and watch activity taking place at their base. The number of people in the scene demonstrates the popularity of The Kelpies as one of Scotland’s best-known modern visitor attractions and an important destination for day trips, coach tours and family outings. Created by Scottish sculptor Andy Scott, The Kelpies are two monumental horse-head sculptures standing approximately 30 metres high and weighing around 300 tonnes each. Their expressive forms were inspired by the powerful Clydesdale and other heavy working horses that once played a central role in Scottish agriculture, industry, transport and canal history. Before motor vehicles and modern machinery became widespread, horses hauled barges, pulled carts, moved industrial materials and supported farms, mines, factories and communities across the country. Thousands of individually shaped stainless-steel plates form the outer surface of each sculpture, creating intricate patterns of light, shadow and texture. One horse appears calm and watchful, while the other raises its head and neck with greater movement and energy. The crowds standing beneath them emphasise their extraordinary scale and the engineering achievement involved in turning Scott’s original artistic concept into two vast permanent structures. The Kelpies form the dramatic centrepiece of The Helix regeneration project, which transformed former industrial land between Falkirk and Grangemouth into parkland, paths, waterways, wetlands and public spaces. They stand beside an extension of the Forth and Clyde Canal and opened to the public in 2014, helping reconnect the area with its industrial, equine and canal heritage. The image captures the attraction at its busiest and illustrate