Preston Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: artificial island in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Preston Island, Fife” and “Preston Island,artificial island,coal mines,saltpans and housing”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Market Cross of Culross and Culross Abbey.
Market Cross of Culross
Photo: Kristijrn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Culross mercat cross is located in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Now Category A listed, its base dates to the original 16th-century mercat cross. Its shaft and capital, meanwhile, are 1902 replacements, the work of John William Small and Alexander Neilson.
Culross Abbey
Church
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culross Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Culross, Scotland, headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Culross. Part of it is still used as the local parish church by the Church of Scotland.
Culross Palace
Museum
Photo: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culross Palace is a late 16th to early 17th century merchant's house in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The palace, or "Great Lodging", was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce, the Laird of Carnock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torryburn and Culross.
Torryburn
Village
Torryburn is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland, lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. It is one of a number of old port communities on this coast and at one point served as port for Dunfermline.
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.
Bo’ness
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Preston Island
- Category: artificial island
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.04952° or 56° 2′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.59582° or 3° 35′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C8R2CX3+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 3632573893OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q7241916
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Preston Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “普雷斯顿岛”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Torry Pier and Low Valleyfield.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Preston Island Salt Pans and Torry Bay Local Nature Reserve.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Preston Island”. Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.