Welcome to North Queensferry Heritage Trust

Extract from the 1841 Census of North Queensferry (peninsula.)
The Chapel of St James
Whitethroat - a Summer Visitor
"John Beaumont" at North Queensferry in 1881
Sunset
Sunset
Queensferry Crossing southern approach viaduct
Early morning light
From the Top of the Forth Road Bridge
Anchor chamber of the Forth Road Bridge
Anchor chamber of the Forth Road Bridge
A misty morning
Two bridges
Forth Bridge floodlit
Briggers memorial
Two bridges from the air
Steam
Steam
from the top of the Forth Bridge
from the top of the Forth Bridge
from the top of the Forth Bridge
World Aids Day
World Aids Day
World Aids Day
The lamp in the Light Tower
Fife Coastal Path
Fife Coastal Path
Our Railway Station

North Queensferry Heritage Trust (NQHT)

is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history and beauty of North Queensferry and the immediate surroundings and aims to encourage, preserve, develop and improve features of historic, architectural or environmental value. The Trust is a member of Scottish Civic Trust, Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Forth Estuary Forum.

NQHT Properties

NQHT manages two physical properties in the village.

Forth Bridge Heritage Centre @ North Queensferry Station

The Light Tower and adjacent Fisherman’s Hut

This web-site

As you look around the web-site you will find some empty, or partially complete pages. We will gradually fill up over these placeholders and will continue to add new pages.

In the meantime, have a wander round the website. You can send feedback, and suggestions for new content to our email address on the About page.

You can also follow us on Facebook

Latest News

Website updates

Posted on July 24th, 2021

During lockdown, as I wandered along many paths in and around the village, I pondered the military sites, some still evident, others long gone, around the peninsula.

My first though was to create a leaflet to the sites, but as I began research, I realized that there was enough material for a book!

Over the next weeks, I will add several new articles to the website, all with the general theme of military activity in and around the village.

To whet your appetite, here is the first – The Creation of Rosyth Dockyard

I have also added some new material to the story of Ferrybarns Kite Balloon Station

And “Interior of Barracks 17 AA Coy., North Queensferry” – a detective story

Further afield, here are some articles relating to Military activity around the Forth

Ancient Defences of the Forth – from pre-Roman times to 19th Century

Early 20th Century Defences of the Forth

with subsections covering
Military Aviation around the Forth
Early 20th Century Naval Defences of the Forth
and Early 20th Century Anti-Invasion Defences of the Forth

and a separate article dealing with War time defences in Collesie and Fife

All of these articles touch North Queensferry.

Boyd Williamson

Latest Events

Exhibition

The Exhibition in the Waiting Room at the Railway Station is temporarily closed to the public.

Please remember that the virus can be spread by contact with contaminated hard surfaces such as door knobs. Use hand sanitizer or wash your hands.

Latest Nature Walk

Nature Walk – June 2020

Wednesday 17th June 2020 – War Memorial 10 a.m.

John Done will lead a guided walk exploring Carlingnose Nature Reserve

and the Fife Coastal Path

The walk will continue from the War Memorial at 10.15 am.

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