Queensferry
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Queensferry Seafront
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Port Edgar
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Forth Rail Bridge
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Port Edgar
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Port Edgar Yachts
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High Street
Queensferry (often referred to as South Queensferry to distinguish it from North Queensferry), was originally a Royal Burgh in West Lothian, but is now part of the City of Edinburgh. It is located some ten miles to the north west of the city centre, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge, approximately 8 miles (13 km) from Edinburgh Airport. The town's population is around 12,000 people.
Apart from the picturesque view across the forth, there are many places of interest to visit in Queensferry:
- St Mary's Episcopal Church. This is the town's oldest building, dating from 1441. It is Scotland's only surviving church of the Carmelite order of friars.
- Black Castle - Built in 1626. When the original owner, a sea-captain, was lost at sea, his maid was accused of paying a beggar-woman to cast a spell. Both women were burned for witchcraft.
- Plewlands House - A 17th century mansion in the centre of the village, managed by the National Trust for Scotland since 1953.
- The Tollbooth - On the High St. dating from the 1600s, with clock-tower built in 1720.
The Hawes Inn in South Queensferry features in Robert Louis Stevenson's book Kidnapped. Opposite here you can catch the ferry to Inchcolm.
There are a large selection of pubs, bars and restaurants within Queensferry. The High Street is home to the Ferry Tap, Anchor Inn, Stagshead Hotel (The Stag), Orocco Pier (formerly Queensferry Arms)and the Boathouse among others.
Within close proximity there is Hopetoun House - Two miles to the west, a splendid Georgian stately home designed by the Scottish architects Sir William Bruce and William Adam and situated in 150 acres (607,000 m²) of parkland. Home to the Earls of Hopetoun since 1699.
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