River Forth
The River Forth is a major river in central Scotland, 47 km long, which drains into the North Sea on the east coast of the country. Its drainage basin covers much of Stirlingshire in Scotland's Central Belt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Watercourse
- Description: river in Scotland, flows into the Firth of Forth
- Also known as: “Forth”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kincardine Bridge and Grangemouth Town Hall.
Kincardine Bridge
Bridge
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The Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Firth of Forth from Falkirk to Kincardine, Fife, Scotland.
Grangemouth Town Hall
Town hall
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Grangemouth Town Hall is a municipal structure in Bo'ness Road, Grangemouth, Scotland. The structure was the meeting place of Grangemouth Burgh Council until 1937 and remains the main events venue in the area. Grangemouth Town Hall is situated 2 miles south of River Forth.
Tulliallan
Castle
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Tulliallan was an estate in Perthshire, Scotland, near to Kincardine, and a parish. The Blackadder lairds of Tulliallan, a branch of the Blackadder border clan, wielded considerable power in the 15th and 16th centuries. Tulliallan is situated 2½ miles north of River Forth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kincardine and Grangemouth.
Kincardine
Town
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Kincardine or Kincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663.
Grangemouth
Town
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Grangemouth is a town in the Falkirk council area in the central belt of Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, three miles east of Falkirk, five miles west of Bo'ness and 13 miles south-east of Stirling. Grangemouth is situated 2 miles south of River Forth.
Skinflats
Village
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Skinflats is a small village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. It is located 1.5 miles north-west of Grangemouth, 1.1 miles east of Carronshore and 2.3 miles north-east of Falkirk. Skinflats is situated 2 miles southwest of River Forth.
River Forth
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“River Forth” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Forth”
- Basque: “Forth ibaia”
- Breton: “Forth”
- Catalan: “Forth”
- Catalan: “Riu Forth”
- Chinese: “福夫河”
- Chinese: “福斯河”
- Czech: “Forth”
- Danish: “Forth (flod)”
- Danish: “Forth”
- Dutch: “Forth”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فورث”
- Esperanto: “Forth”
- Estonian: “Forthi jõgi”
- Finnish: “Forth”
- French: “Forth”
- Galician: “Río Forth”
- German: “Forth”
- Hebrew: “פורת‘”
- Hebrew: “פורת’”
- Hindi: “फ़ोर्थ नदी”
- Icelandic: “Forth”
- Indonesian: “River Forth”
- Irish: “Abhainn Foirthe”
- Irish: “Uisge Foirthe”
- Irish: “Uisge For”
- Italian: “Forth”
- Japanese: “フォース川”
- Kazakh: “Форт (өзен, Ұлыбритания)”
- Kazakh: “Форт”
- Korean: “포스강”
- Macedonian: “Форт”
- Malay: “Sungai Forth”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forth”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forth”
- Norwegian: “Forth”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Forth (fluvi)”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wæþ”
- Persian: “رود فورث”
- Polish: “Forth”
- Portuguese: “Rio Forth”
- Russian: “Форт”
- Scots: “River Forth”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Uisge For”
- Serbian: “Форт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forth”
- Slovenian: “Forth”
- Slovenian: “reka Forth”
- Slovenian: “River Forth”
- Spanish: “Rio Forth”
- Spanish: “Río Forth”
- Swedish: “Forth”
- Tamil: “ஃபோர்த் ஆறு”
- Turkish: “Forth Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Форт”
- Venetian: “Fiume Forth”
- Welsh: “Afon Forth”
- Western Frisian: “Forth”
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