📌 Queensferry, City of Edinburgh / Fife
★★★
Few bridges can truly be called iconic, but surely the Forth Rail Bridge fits into this category. This famous red bridge (technically just named the Forth Bridge) is well over 100 years old and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, carrying trains 2.5 km across the Forth. The steel cantilever design is said to be massively over-engineered, devised in the late 1800s by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker in the aftermath of the tragic Tay Bridge disaster. Two tracks carry hundreds of trains – and thousands of commuters – across the Firth of Forth each day: this is the only rail route into Edinburgh from the north. For those with a bit more time, the best views can be enjoyed from the esplanades in South Queensferry and North Queensferry, or consider a boat trip.
🌍 Location
📌 Spanning the Forth estuary between North and South Queensferry
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 134795
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.000968,-3.388757
🚆 Frequent trains cross the bridge between Dalmeny & North Queensferry | 🚌 Bus to North Queensferry / South Queensferry (for view only)
🚗 Car parks / street parking (for view only)
📝 Key info
⌚ Always viewable from below, or take a train
🎫 Free to view
