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Keltybridge

Keltybridge is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, about one mile north of Kelty, which is across the Fife border.

It stands on the northern banks of Kelty Burn.

How locals move

Getting around Keltybridge the local way

  • Get inFrom 1847 to 1890 the world's first ro-ro ferry plied across the Forth between Burntisland and Granton near Edinburgh: railway trucks were shunted on and off the ferry without needing unloading, while passengers walked.
  • Get inDr Bell of Edinburgh, one of the main inspirations for Sherlock Holmes, once theatrically deduced that a patient had come by this ferry by the nature of the mud on his boots.

From Wikivoyage: Burntisland, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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