Battery Point Picnic Area
Battery Point Picnic Area is a picnic site in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Battery Point Picnic Area is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Forth Bridge Viewpoint, as well as near the public aquarium Deep Sea World.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deep Sea World and Forth Road Bridge.
Deep Sea World
Public aquarium
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deep Sea World is an aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland. It is host to a collection of large sand tiger sharks, also known as ragged toothed sharks or grey nurse sharks, and various other species of shark. Deep Sea World is situated 690 feet north of Battery Point Picnic Area.
Forth Road Bridge
Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. Forth Road Bridge is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Battery Point Picnic Area.
Inch Garvie
Islet
Photo: Kitkatcrazy, Public domain.
Inchgarvie or Inch Garvie is a small, uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the Forth Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Queensferry and South Queensferry.
North Queensferry
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Jamestown
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jamestown is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland, on the south side of Inverkeithing's Inner Bay. The nearby Jamestown Viaduct carries the Fife Circle Line over the hamlet, and the M90 passes by to the west.
Battery Point Picnic Area
- Type: Picnic site
- Category: tourism
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.00645° or 56° 0′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.39091° or 3° 23′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C8R2J45+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1393389711OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=picnic_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forth Bridge Viewpoint and Town Pier, North Queensferry.
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