Drum Sands
Drum Sands is a beach in Edinburgh, Scotland. Drum Sands is situated nearby to the forest The Warrens, as well as near Leuchold Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inch Garvie and Barnbougle Castle.
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.
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. Barnbougle Castle is situated 1 mile southeast of Drum Sands.
Inchcolm Seals
Work of art
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inchcolm Seals is a work of art, which is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Drum Sands.
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.
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.
Drum Sands
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.00015° or 56° 0′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.3594° or 3° 21′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C8R2J2R+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 876222361OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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