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South Queensferry, originally a Royal Burgh in West Lothian is now part of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located some ten miles to the north of the main part of the city on the Firth of Forth, between the Forth Rail Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge.
 Jublilee Clock Tower, South Queensferry. The town is named after Saint Margaret of Scotland who used to cross the firth by ferry from "Queen's Ferry" to visit her chapel in Edinburgh Castle. She died in 1093 and made her final journey by ferry to Dunfermline Abbey. Her son, David I of Scotland, awarded the ferry rights to the abbey.
There had been ferries at South Queensferry until 1964 when the Forth Road Bridge was opened. Ferry services continue to run from the harbour to the islands within the Firth of Forth, including Inchcolm.
Places of Interest
The Hawes Inn in South Queensferry features in Robert Louis Stevenson's book Kidnapped.
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