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Photo of Craigies Farm, a farm & farm shop near South Queensferry, Edinburgh, central Scotland.

Craigies Farm© Anne Burgess / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near North Queensferry StationNorth Queensferry

35 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Forth Bridge Viewpoint, a landmark near North Queensferry, Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Forth Bridge Viewpoint

Landmark near North Queensferry

The classic vantage over the UNESCO-listed 1890 cantilever rail bridge and its two road-bridge neighbours from South Queensferry.

0.3 km SE

Photo along the Fife Coastal Path, a long-distance trail running from Kincardine to Newburgh, central Scotland.Highlight

Fife Coastal Path

Scotland's Great Trail

Firth to firth around the Kingdom of Fife, threading fishing villages from the Forth bridges to the Tay.

0.3 km SE · Fife

Photo along the John Muir Way, a long-distance trail running from Helensburgh to Dunbar, Scotland.Highlight

John Muir Way

Scotland's Great Trail

A coast-to-coast across Scotland's waist, from Helensburgh to the conservationist's birthplace at Dunbar.

2.4 km SE · spans 9 counties

Photo of South Queensferry, a village in Edinburgh, central Scotland.Highlight

South Queensferry

Village

A cobbled former ferry town on the Forth beneath the three great bridges, with a narrow historic High Street.

2.5 km S · Edinburgh

Photo of Hopetoun House, a garden near South Queensferry, West Lothian, central Scotland.Highlight

Hopetoun House

Garden near South Queensferry

Grand Adam-designed mansion with sweeping parkland and formal gardens above the Firth of Forth.

4.7 km SW

Photo of Craigies Farm, a farm & farm shop near South Queensferry, Edinburgh, central Scotland.Highlight

Craigies Farm

Farm & farm shop near South Queensferry

Farm shop, cafe and pick-your-own overlooking the Forth bridges, named the nation's best PYO in 2026.

5.2 km SE

Photo of Inchcolm, an island in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Inchcolm

Island near Aberdour

Island in the Forth with Scotland's best-preserved medieval abbey buildings, wartime gun batteries and a tunnel, grey seals and seabirds

5.6 km E

Photo of Cramond Island, an island in Edinburgh, central Scotland.Highlight

Cramond Island

Island near Cramond

Tidal island off Cramond, reached along a causeway lined with wartime anti-boat pylons, with gun emplacements and views up the Forth

6.7 km E

Photo of Cramond, a village in Edinburgh, central Scotland.Highlight

Cramond

Village

An old whitewashed fishing village at the mouth of the River Almond, with a Roman fort site and a tidal causeway to Cramond Island.

6.9 km SE · Edinburgh

Photo of Dunfermline, a village in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Dunfermline

Village

A former Scottish capital and burial place of Robert the Bruce, with its abbey, palace ruins and Pittencrieff Park.

7.2 km NW · Fife

Photo of Aberdour, a village in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Aberdour

Village

A pretty south-Fife coast village with a 12th-century castle and the Blue Flag Silver Sands beach, half an hour from Edinburgh by train.

7.3 km NE · Fife

Photo of Aberdour Castle, a ruined castle in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Aberdour Castle

Castle near Aberdour

One of Scotland's oldest stone castles.

7.6 km NE

Photo of Blackness Castle, a ruined castle near Charlestown (Charlestown), Falkirk, central Scotland.Highlight

Blackness Castle

Castle near Charlestown (Charlestown)

Ship-shaped fortress on the Forth shore.

7.6 km W

Photo of Dunfermline Abbey Church, a church in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Dunfermline Abbey Church

Church near Dunfermline

The medieval nave and 19th-century abbey church marking the burial place of Robert the Bruce.

7.7 km NW

Photo of Silver Sands, Aberdour, a beach in Fife, central Scotland.Highlight

Silver Sands, Aberdour

Beach near Aberdour

A sheltered Blue Flag beach at Aberdour with golden sand and views across the Forth.

8.1 km NE

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North Queensferry

Village

A village tucked directly beneath the Forth Bridge with a small harbour and the Deep Sea World aquarium.

0.2 km S · Fife

The Hawes Inn

Pub near South Queensferry

A 17th-century inn beneath the Forth Bridge that features in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.

2.5 km S

Photo of Rosyth Castle, a ruined castle near North Queensferry, Fife, central Scotland.

Rosyth Castle

Castle near North Queensferry

A medieval castle in Fife.

2.6 km NW

St Bridget's Kirk

Ruined church near Aberdour

A 1100s kirk with a two-storey laird's loft above a burial vault.

4.8 km NE

Photo of Abercorn Church, a church in West Lothian, central Scotland.

Abercorn Church

Church near Abercorn

An ancient parish church on the Hopetoun estate with early Christian sculpted stones and a museum of Anglo-Saxon crosses.

5.3 km W

Photo of Limekilns, a village in Fife, central Scotland.

Limekilns

Village

A small harbour village on the Forth with views across to Queensferry, featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.

5.9 km NW · Fife

Inchcolm Abbey

Abbey near Aberdour

Inchcolm, Abbey, hermit's cell, First World War and Second World War defences

6 km E

Hunter’s Craig or Eagle Rock, Dalmeny

Rock art near Cramond

Hunter’s Craig or Eagle Rock, rock carving, Dalmeny

6.3 km SE

Photo along the Forth & Clyde and Union Canal Towpath, a long-distance trail running from Bowling to Edinburgh, central Scotland.

Forth & Clyde and Union Canal Towpath

Scotland's Great Trail

Sixty-six miles of canal towpath coast to coast across central Scotland, from Bowling on the Clyde to Edinburgh

6.7 km SW · spans 7 counties

Everything else within 10 km (11) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.