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Rosyth - Fast Facts
  Country:   Scotland
  Location:   East
  Country Code:   +44
  Population:   28,953
  Language:   English
  Currency:   GBP Sterling (£)
  Time Zone:   GMT
  Train Station:   Rosyth
  Tourist Office:   Rosyth Tourism
Rosyth Overview
Rosyth (pronounced Ross-sythe) (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Saoithe) is located on the Firth of Forth on Scotland's east coast, a mile (1.6 km) south of Dunfermline, Fife, and approximately 12 miles (19 km) north west of Edinburgh. The area is best known for its large dockyard, formerly the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth, construction of which began in 1909. The town was planned as a 'garden city' with accommodation for the construction workers and dockyard workers. Today, the dockyard is almost 1,300 acres (5 km²) in size, a large proportion of which was reclaimed during construction. Rosyth's dockyards became the very first in the Royal Navy to be privatised when a company acquired the site in 1997. The privatisation followed almost a century of contribution to the defence of the United Kingdom which spanned two World Wars and the Cold War with Russia (during which Rosyth became a key nuclear submarine maintenance establishment).

Transportation in Rosyth
By Car: Located North West of the Forth Road Bridge via the A90 from Edinburgh or the M90 from Dunfermline. Take the A985 west to Rosyth.
By Rail: Regular services run to Edinburgh from where national connections can be made. Local services are run by First Scotrail and there are overnight services from the south on the Caledonian Sleeper service.
By Coach: There is a frequent National Express service operating various coaches to Edinburgh (8 miles from Rosyth) from around the UK.
By Ferry: Rosyth is located eight miles from Edinburgh and 40 miles from Glasgow on the north shore of the Firth of Forth immediately west of the Forth Road and Rail Bridges in the wonderful county of Fife. Rosyth ferry port was the preferred choice for the development of the ferry link from Scotland to Zeebrugge which commenced service in 2002. There is now daily service to and from Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry port in Belgium aboard Superfast Ferries luxurious overnight ferry service. Rosyth ferry port is within easy reach of the rest of the country and provides an excellent gateway to Belgium via the North Sea.
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Rosyth Attractions
The wonders of the world beneath the waves comes to life at the triple award winning Deepsea World. The longest underwater tunnel in the world will convey you through Scotlands million gallon indoor ocean. Inverkeithing Museum is a local history museum housed in the upper floor of a fourteenth century friary guest house. The small gallery shows old and new photographs of this royal burgh and information on Admiral Greig, Father of the modern Russian navy and son of the town. Pittencrieff House Museum is a 17th century private mansion converted to a public space in 1911. The beautiful plaster ceiling designed by Robert Lorimer is worth a visit in itself. Exhibitions change every 6 weeks or so.
Must See
 Royal Naval Dockyard
 Deepsea World
 Forth Bridges
 Inverkeithing Museum
 Pittencrieff House Museum

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