North Queensferry

Worth seeing in and around North Queensferry

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Forth Bridge

   The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered a symbol of Scotland, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

   1.5 km · railway bridge in eastern Scotland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Forth Road Bridge

   The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States.

   1.2 km · bridge in east central Scotland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Rosyth Castle

   Rosyth Castle is a fifteenth-century ruined tower house on the perimeter of Rosyth Naval Dockyard, Fife, Scotland. It originally stood on a small island in the Firth of Forth accessible only at low tide, and dates from around 1450, built as a secure residence by Sir David Stewart, who had been granted the Barony of Rosyth in 1428.

   2.7 km · castle in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Deep Sea World

   Deep Sea World is an aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland. It is host to a collection of large sand tiger sharks, also known as ragged toothed sharks or grey nurse sharks, and various other species of shark.

   400 m · aquarium in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Chapel and Family Vaults, Donibristle House

   Donibristle was a house and estate in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth. Only the wings of the house remain, within the modern settlement of Dalgety Bay.

   3.4 km · category A listed building in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Town House, Townhall Street, Inverkeithing

   Inverkeithing Town House is a municipal building in Townhall Street, Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. Originally built before 1550, the surviving building was rebuilt between 1755 and 1770.

   2.3 km · Town House in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Inverkeithing Museum

   Inverkeithing Friary, formally known as the Hospitium of the Grey Friars, is a 14th-century friary building and gardens located Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland. The surviving friary building is considered to be the finest remaining example of a medieval friary building in Scotland by Fife Coast and Countryside Trust, and is Category A listed by Historic Environment Scotland.

   2.1 km · local museum in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Priory Church

   The Priory Church of St Mary of Mount Carmel, commonly called the Priory Church or St Mary's Episcopal Church, is a congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church located in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The church building was constructed in the mid 15th century for the Carmelite Order.

   2.3 km · church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Peter's Parish Church, Church Street, Inverkeithing

   Inverkeithing Parish Church of St Peters is a Church of Scotland parish church in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. Dating from before 1139, the church has been at the centre of historic events such as the Scottish Catholic-Culdee dispute of 1250; the Inverkeithing witch hunt of 1621 to 1655; and the Inverkeithing Case of 1752, which led to the Second Secession of the Church of Scotland.

   2.3 km · church in Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    War Memorial, Church Street, Inverkeithing

    Inverkeithing War Memorial is a war memorial in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland, commemorating the 166 men of the town lost in the First and Second World Wars. The memorial is set in a memorial garden, was originally built in 1923 and is category C listed by Historic Scotland.

    2.3 km · war memorial in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Forth Road Bridge is the only one
2. 02
   Deep Sea World

   Open and closed aquarium tanks and a 112-m viewing tunnel for sharks and other ocean fish.

3. 03
   Harbour Light Tower

   Something of a curiosity, this cute, 200-year-old structure is the world's smallest active lighthouse.

4. 04
   Inchgarvie is the gaunt islet beneath

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Things to do

Walk the Fife coastal path. Use OS Landranger Map 65 "Falkirk". Going east, the path hugs the coast through Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay, then at the ruins of St Bridget's Kirk it swings inland to come into Aberdour. Going west, you have to stay on the road as you pass under the bridges and follow it inland, to avoid the navy base.

1. 01
   Carlingnose Point Wildlife Reserve

   The Fife Coastal path passes through the reserve.

From Wikivoyage: North Queensferry, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   The Wee Restaurant

   Small but classy place serving Scottish food made from locally-sourced ingredients.

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Getting to North Queensferry

Airports

Edinburgh (EDI), 7 km · Glasgow (GLA), 67 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 93 km

Stations

Inverkeithing railway station, 2.7 km · North Queensferry railway station, 100 m · Dalmeny railway station, 2.9 km · Dalgety Bay railway station, 3.9 km · Inverkeithing East And West Harbour, 1.9 km

• Glasgow → North Queensferry

  56 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £6–9
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → North Queensferry

  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £11–15
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• Aberdeen → North Queensferry

  149 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £17–22
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for North Queensferry. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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