Queensferry Lifeboat Station
Queensferry Lifeboat Station can be found on Hawes Pier, sitting in the shadow of the Forth Rail Bridge, in South Queensferry, a town and former Royal Burgh on the south shore of the River Forth estuary, within the boundary of the city of Edinburgh, historically West Lothian, in north-east Scotland.Photo: QueensferryRNLI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: building in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Address: Hawes Pier, South Queensferry, EH30 9TB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dalmeny railway station and Forth Road Bridge.
Dalmeny railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dalmeny railway station is a railway station serving the towns of Dalmeny and South Queensferry, about 8 miles west of Edinburgh city centre. It is on the Fife Circle Line, located just south of the Forth Bridge. Dalmeny railway station is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Queensferry Lifeboat Station.
Forth Road Bridge
Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in 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 1 mile northwest of Queensferry Lifeboat Station.
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 South Queensferry and Dalmeny.
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.
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.
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.
Queensferry Lifeboat Station
- Category: lifeboat station
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.99064° or 55° 59′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.38528° or 3° 23′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C7RXJR7+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 235182517OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q61444594
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In Other Languages
“Queensferry Lifeboat Station” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “クィーンズフェリー・ライフボート・ステーション”
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Highlights include Hawes Pier and Forth Railway Bridge Viewpoint.
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