Jamestown
Jamestown is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland, on the south side of Inverkeithing's Inner Bay. The nearby Jamestown Viaduct carries the Fife Circle Line over the hamlet, and the M90 passes by to the west.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Jamestown, Fife”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jamestown Viaduct and Hope Street Cemetery.
Jamestown Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Graeme Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Jamestown Viaduct is part of the northern approach to the Forth Bridge in Scotland. It crosses the hamlet of Jamestown and the village of North Queensferry in Fife.
Hope Street Cemetery
Cemetery
Hope Street Cemetery is a cemetery in Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland.
North Queensferry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tbatb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Queensferry railway station is a railway station in the village of North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Fife Circle Line, 11+1⁄4 miles northwest of Edinburgh Waverley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverkeithing and North Queensferry.
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.
North Queensferry
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Queensferry is a village in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of just over 1000 in 2022. It's on the north bank of the Firth of Forth, at a narrow point that has been a ferry crossing for many centuries.
Rosyth
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.
Jamestown
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.02224° or 56° 1′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.40337° or 3° 24′ 12″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C8R2HCW+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4004579496OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Jamestown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Jamestown”
- Dutch: “Jamestown”
- French: “Jamestown”
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