Bo’ness
Bo'ness is an industrial town in West Lothian 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 14,900 residents
- Description: town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Borrowstounness”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hippodrome Cinema and Bo’ness Hospital.
Hippodrome Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness near Falkirk is an early example of a purpose-built cinema and thought to be the oldest such building surviving in Scotland.
Bo’ness Hospital
Hospital
Bo'ness Hospital is a community hospital in Dean Road, Bo'ness, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Forth Valley.
Newtown Park
Stadium
Photo: paul c, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtown Park is a football ground in Bo'ness, Scotland. It is currently the home ground of both Lowland League side Bo'ness United and East of Scotland League Premier Division club Bo'ness Athletic, and was previously the home ground of Bo'ness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culross and Muirhouses.
Culross
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culross is a very attractive village in Fife on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. In the 16th and 17th centuries its merchants grew rich from coal, salt and limestone, trading especially with the Low Countries, and building themselves fine town houses.
Muirhouses
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muirhouses is a small village which lies in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is located 1.1 miles south-east of Bo'ness, 2.1 miles north-northeast of Linlithgow and 8.0 miles east of Falkirk.
Preston Island
Locality
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston Island is a former artificial island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The reclaimed land was once used for salt production, using local coal. It is part of Fife. Preston Island is situated 2 miles north of Bo’ness.
Bo’ness
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.0177° or 56° 1′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.6074° or 3° 36′ 27″ westPopulation
14,900Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)OpenStreetMap ID
node 29338194OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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”
- 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”
- 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”
- “Bo’ness”
- “Borrowstounness”
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