Entrance Lock

Entrance Lock is a lock in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Entrance Lock is situated nearby to Rosyth Dock, as well as near No.3 Dock.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forth Road Bridge and HMS Caledonia.

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 2 miles southeast of Entrance Lock.

HMS Caledonia

Military installation

His Majesty’s Ship Caledonia is a military establishment of the Royal Navy based next to the former Royal Naval Dockyard, Rosyth in Scotland. HMS Caledonia is situated 1 mile north of Entrance Lock.

Queensferry Crossing

Bridge

Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge. It carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry. Queensferry Crossing is situated 2 miles southeast of Entrance Lock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Limekilns and Rosyth.

Limekilns

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Limekilns is a historic coastal village in Fife, Scotland. It lies on the shore of the Firth of Forth, around 3 miles south of Dunfermline and 13 miles northwest of Edinburgh. Limekilns is situated 1½ miles northwest of Entrance Lock.

Rosyth

Photo: Wikimedia, OGL.

Rosyth is a port in Fife in central Scotland. It was built from 1909 as housing for the workers at the Royal Navy dockyard so it's modern and industrial, with a population in 2016 of 13,780.

Jamestown

Hamlet

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Jamestown is a hamlet in Fife, Scotland. It is contiguous with North Queensferry and Inverkeithing, and is 9 miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre. Located on the south side of the Inner Bay of Inverkeithing Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth, Jamestown became an important centre for shipping and industry during the 19th century, and shipbreaking in the 20th century. Jamestown is situated 1½ miles east of Entrance Lock.

Entrance Lock

Type: Lock
Category: body of water
Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.02011° or 56° 1′ 12″ north

Longitude

-3.44768° or 3° 26′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C8R2HC2+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 95498890

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lock

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Highlights include Rosyth Dock and No.3 Dock.

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