Rosyth Castle

Rosyth Castle is a ruin in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Rosyth Castle is situated nearby to the hamlet Jamestown, as well as near the town Inverkeithing.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forth Road Bridge and Queensferry Crossing.

Forth Road Bridge

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. Forth Road Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Rosyth Castle.

Queensferry Crossing

Bridge

Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge. It carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry. Queensferry Crossing is situated 1½ miles southeast of Rosyth Castle.

Inverkeithing railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Inverkeithing railway station serves the town of Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 10 miles north west of Edinburgh Waverley. Inverkeithing railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rosyth Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jamestown and Rosyth.

Jamestown

Hamlet

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Jamestown is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland. It is contiguous with North Queensferry and Inverkeithing, and is 9 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre. Located on the south side of the Inner Bay of Inverkeithing Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth, Jamestown became an important centre for shipping and industry during the 19th century, and shipbreaking in the 20th century.

Rosyth

Photo: Wikimedia, OGL.

Rosyth is a port in Fife in central Scotland. It was built from 1909 as housing for the workers at the Royal Navy dockyard so it's modern and industrial, with a population in 2016 of 13,780.

Inverkeithing

Town

Photo: Dunpharlain, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Inverkeithing is a coastal town, parish and historic Royal burgh in Fife, Scotland. The town lies on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, 9+1⁄2 mi northwest of Edinburgh city centre and 3+1⁄2 mi south of Dunfermline.

Rosyth Castle

Type: Ruin
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.02354° or 56° 1′ 25″ north

Longitude

-3.43148° or 3° 25′ 53″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

9C8R2HF9+CC

GeoNames ID

12097359

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