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South Queensferry

South Queensferry is a town on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in , 10 miles west of Edinburgh. Historically it was the ferry port for crossing to Fife, then in modern times it acquired three bridges.
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  • Type: Town with 10,200 residents
  • Description: town in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Queensferry”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forth Road Bridge and Inch Garvie.

Bridge
The is a suspension bridge that crosses the in . The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States.

Islet
Photo: Kitkatcrazy, Public domain.
Inchgarvie or is a small, uninhabited island in the . On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the .

Bridge
Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing and the . It carries the M90 motorway across the between , at South Queensferry, and , at .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Queensferry and Kirkliston.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in 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.

Town
Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and parish to the west of , Scotland, historically within the county of West Lothian but now within the City of Edinburgh council area limits. is situated 2½ miles south of South Queensferry.

Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and civil parish in . It is located on the south side of the , 1 mile southeast of South Queensferry and 8 miles west of city centre.

South Queensferry

Latitude
55.9902° or 55° 59′ 25″ north
Longitude
-3.3967° or 3° 23′ 48″ west
Population
10,200
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SOQ
Open location code
9C7RXJR3+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26405720
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2639788
Wiki­data ID
Q767798
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“South Queensferry” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Queensferry”
  • Basque: “Queensferry”
  • Basque: “South Queensferry”
  • Belarusian: “Куінсферы”
  • Cebuano: “Queensferry”
  • Chinese: “南昆斯菲里”
  • Chinese: “南昆斯費里”
  • Chinese: “南昆斯费里”
  • Chinese: “昆斯費里”
  • Dutch: “Queensferry”
  • French: “Queensferry”
  • German: “Queensferry”
  • German: “South Queensferry”
  • Hebrew: “סאות קווינספרי”
  • Irish: “Cas Chaolas”
  • Irish: “Cas-Chaolas”
  • Irish: “Iomarach na Banrighinn”
  • Irish: “Port na Banrighinn a Deas”
  • Irish: “Port na Banrighinn”
  • Irish: “Taobh a Deas Chas Chaolais”
  • Irish: “Taobh a Deas Chas-Chaolais”
  • Italian: “Queensferry”
  • Italian: “South Queensferry”
  • Japanese: “サウス・クィーンズフェリー”
  • Japanese: “サウス・クイーンズフェリー”
  • Persian: “ساوث، کوینزفری”
  • Polish: “Queensferry”
  • Polish: “South Queensferry”
  • Portuguese: “Queensferry”
  • Portuguese: “South Queensferry”
  • Russian: “Квинсферри”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cas Chaolais”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cas Chaolas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cas-Chaolas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Iomarach na Banrighinn a Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Iomarach na Banrighinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Port na Banrighinn a Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Port na Banrighinn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Taobh a Deas Chas Chaolais”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Taobh a Deas Chas-Chaolais”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Queensferry”
  • Slovenian: “Queensferry”
  • Slovenian: “South Queensferry”
  • Spanish: “Queensferry”
  • Spanish: “South Queensferry”
  • Swedish: “Queensferry, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Queensferry”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی کوئنزفیری”
  • “Cas Chaolas”
  • “Port na Banrighinn a Deas”
  • “Queensferry”
  • “South Queensferry”

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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 Wikivoyage page “South Queensferry”. Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.