Bo’ness

Bo'ness is an industrial town in in central Scotland, with a population of 15,400 in 2022. The main reason to visit is to ride the Bo'ness and Kinneil steam railway.
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  • Town with 14,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 feet (3 metres)
  • …is also known as “Borrowstounness”
  • Description: town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hippodrome Cinema and Museum of Scottish Railways.

Movie theater
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The in Bo'ness is an early example…

Museum
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The is a railway museum…

Hospital
Bo'ness Hospital is a community hospital in Dean Road, Bo'ness, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Culross and Muirhouses.

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is a very attractive village in on the north bank of the Firth of Forth.

Village
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is a small village which lies in the Falkirk council area of .

Locality
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is a former artificial island in the , . is situated 2 miles north of Bo’ness.

Bo’ness

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Latitude
56.0177° or 56° 1′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.6074° or 3° 36′ 27″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB SBS and GB BON
Open location code
9C8R299V+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29338194
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2655215
Wiki­data ID
Q896424

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bo’ness” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوينس”
  • Asturian: “Bo’ness”
  • Basque: “Bo’ness”
  • Bengali: “বো‘নেস”
  • Catalan: “Bo’ness”
  • Cebuano: “Bo’ness”
  • Chinese: “博內斯”
  • Chinese: “博内斯”
  • Dutch: “Bo’ness”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوينس”
  • French: “Bo’ness”
  • German: “Bo’ness (Schottland)”
  • German: “Bo’ness”
  • German: “Borrowstounness”
  • Gujarati: “બો‘નેસ”
  • Ido: “Bo’ness”
  • Irish: “Ceann Fhàil”
  • Italian: “Bo’ness”
  • Japanese: “ボウネス”
  • Japanese: “ボネス”
  • Kannada: “ಬೋ‘ನೆಸ್”
  • Korean: “보네스”
  • Lithuanian: “Bonesas”
  • Lithuanian: “Boraustaunesas”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Beornweardestunnæs”
  • Persian: “بونس”
  • Polish: “Bo’ness”
  • Portuguese: “Bo’ness”
  • Russian: “Боунесс”
  • Scots: “Bo’ness”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bo’ness”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann Fhàil”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bo’ness”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Borrowstounness”
  • Spanish: “Bo’ness”
  • Swedish: “Bo’ness”
  • Tamil: “போ ‘நெஸ்”
  • Telugu: “బోన్నెస్”
  • Ukrainian: “Бонесс”
  • Urdu: “بو نیس”
  • Welsh: “Bo’ness”
  • Welsh: “Borrowstounness”

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