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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  • 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 Museum of Scottish Railways.

Movie theater
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in Bo'ness is an early example of a purpose-built and thought to be the oldest such building surviving in Scotland. The cinema, which opened in 1912, was built for the Bo'ness cinematography pioneer Louis Dickson and designed by renowned local architect Matthew Steele.

Museum
Photo: Macfack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a railway museum operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society. It is based on the SRPS's large collection of railway artefacts from across Scotland.

Hospital
Bo'ness Hospital is a community hospital in Dean Road, Bo'ness, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Forth Valley.

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. 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.

Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village which lies in the Falkirk council area of . The village is located 1.1 miles south-east of Bo'ness, 2.1 miles north-northeast of and 8.0 miles east of .

Locality
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is a former artificial island in the , . The reclaimed land was once used for salt production, using local coal. It is part of . is situated 2 miles north of Bo’ness.

Bo’ness

Latitude
56.0177° or 56° 1′ 4″ north
Longitude
-3.6074° or 3° 36′ 27″ west
Population
14,900
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
United Nations Location Codes
GB BON and GB SBS
Open location code
9C8R299V+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29338194
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2655215
Wiki­data ID
Q896424
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • 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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