For more than one thousand years the Queensferry passage has been as key crossing point for the river Forth. Battery point takes its name from the gun batteries and fortifications that used to protect this strategic site. The peninsula on which North Queensferry is situated is an outcrop of very hard whinstone, which survived glaciation in the ice age. The cliffs around the town were extensively quarried in the nineteen century. The piers of the imposing Forth Rail Bridge are built from this enduring rock. Here, below, are some views of North Queensferry village and its harbours. Further information on the village can be found at www.

 

 

 
 North Queensferry - West Bay - looking north from the pier
 
 North Queensferry - the village and north approach to the rail bridge - as seen from West Bay
 
 North Queensferry - a winter scene looking south, showing the Forth Road Bridge
 

 North Queensferry Gala - an annual celebration of Queen Margaret's crossing in the twelfth century.

 
 THE FORTH BRIDGES
 
 
North pier of Forth Rail Bridge - as seen from Battery House
 
Rail Bridge illuminated at night - with Zeebrugge ferry sailing under the central span