Auchinstarry

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shire_county= North Lanarkshire
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Auchinstarry is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, near to Kilsyth, Dullatur and Queenzieburn. It is the site of a Roman fort.

Auchinstarry Basin is on the Forth and Clyde Canal, and a £1.2m regeneration project has created a mooring basin for boats with 56 pontoon berths, a hard standing area for 40 boats, and a customer facilities block, partly funded by British Waterways Scotland. The Basin was officially opened in September 2005.

The Environment Advisory Service (EAS), a government agency, has implemented a number of sustainability features at Auchinstarry Basin:
*Deploying recycled materials in all parts of the construction process
*An innovative pump which draws heat from the canal; it is believed that this is the first such use of canal water in the UK
*Plans for installing wind turbines, and a new pub which is self-sufficient in its energy needs

Reference

* [http://www.eas.local.gov.uk/CaseStudy.asp?id=SX9452-A781E6C5 Environment Advisory Service case Study on Auchinstarry Basin]

ee also

*List of places in North Lanarkshire