Bo'ness

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Bo'ness

Total population

14,885

Coordinates56.02°, -3.61°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Borrowstounness, commonly known as Bo'ness, is a town and former burgh and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Historically part of the county of West Lothian, it now lies within the Falkirk council area, 17 miles northwest of Edinburgh and 6+3⁄4 miles east of Falkirk. At the 2011 census, the population of Bo'ness was 15,100.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Elizabeth Fraser

Scottish singer (born 1963)

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Robert Black

Scottish serial killer (1947-2016)

Alex Raisbeck

Scottish footballer (1878-1949)

Robert Liston

Scottish surgeon (1794-1847)

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George Young

Scottish footballer (1922-1997)

Cathy Peattie

British politician (born 1951)

Henry Bell

Scottish engineer (1767-1830)

Alexander Winton

British automotive pioneer (1860–1932)

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Stuart Kennedy

Scottish footballer (born 1953)

Thomas Mitchell

Scottish surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792–1855)

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Jock Dodds

Scottish footballer (1915-2007)

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Willie Buchan

Scottish footballer and manager (1914-2003)

Robin Guthrie

musician and producer

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Alana Marshall

Scottish footballer (born 1987)

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Archie Whyte

Scottish footballer (1919-1973)

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Bill Raisbeck

Scottish footballer (1876-1946)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bo'ness

Bo'ness Speed Hill Climb

Guernsey dishes of 1815

Young, G. A. · 1969

The East of Scotland potteries

Huntly House Museum. · 1969

Bo'ness in 1796

Robert Rennie · 1986

Borrowstounness and district, being historical sketches of Kinneil, Carriden, and Bo'ness, c. 1550-1850

Thomas James Salmon · 1913

Bo'ness

Ruaraidh Murray · 1990

To the Company of Proprietors of the Borrowstounness Canal

Robert Whitworth · 1789

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Meadow Waxcap

Cuphophyllus pratensis

Seen 2026-09-16

Liberty Cap

Psilocybe semilanceata

Seen 2026-09-16

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-16

Black snail beetle

Phosphuga atrata

Seen 2026-09-16

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-16

European Comma

Polygonia c-album

Seen 2026-09-16

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

Seen 2026-09-16

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-16

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers