Hound Point
Hound Point is a locality in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hound Point is situated nearby to the locality Whitehouse Point, as well as near The Buchans.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hound Point and Barnbougle Castle.
Hound Point
Pier
Photo: W waltersen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hound Point is a marine terminal off a rocky headland of that name on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, Scotland, just east of the Forth Bridge at South Queensferry.
Barnbougle Castle
Castle
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barnbougle Castle is a historic tower house on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, between Cramond and Queensferry, and within the parish of Dalmeny.
Dalmeny House
Manor estate
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalmeny House is a Gothic revival mansion located in an estate close to Dalmeny on the Firth of Forth, in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was designed by William Wilkins, and completed in 1817.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalmeny and North Queensferry.
Dalmeny
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalmeny is a village and civil parish in Scotland. It is located on the south side of the Firth of Forth, 1 mile southeast of South Queensferry and 8 miles west of Edinburgh city centre. Dalmeny is situated 1½ miles southwest of Hound Point.
North Queensferry
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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.
South Queensferry
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
South Queensferry is a town on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in West Lothian, 10 miles west of Edinburgh. Historically it was the ferry port for crossing to Fife, then in modern times it acquired three bridges.
Hound Point
- Type: Locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.00173° or 56° 0′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.35248° or 3° 21′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C8R2J2X+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 4426716410OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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