Rosyth

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Rosyth

Total population

12,850

Coordinates56.04°, -3.42°

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

Overview

Rosyth is a town and Garden City in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Stephen Hendry

Scottish snooker player

John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow

British colonial governor (1860-1908)

John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun

British Army general (1765-1823)

Caroline Kaart

Dutch singer (1931-2020)

Alexander Morrison

Scottish botanist (1849-1913)

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow

British politician, agriculturalist and colonial administrator (1887-1952)

Mark Coxon Morrison

Scottish rugby union footballer (1877-1945)

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Ally Robertson

Scottish footballer (born 1952)

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Andy Penman

Scottish footballer (1943-1994)

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Angus McLean

Scottish footballer and manager (1925-1979)

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Bob Drummond

Scottish footballer (1898-?)

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Craig Paterson

Scottish footballer (born 1959)

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David Boner

Footballer (born 1941)

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George Scott

Canadian professional and amateur wrestler (1929-2014)

George Thomson

collector of the music of Scotland, music publisher, and friend of Robert Burns (1757-1851)

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George William Hope

British Member of Parliament

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

Nearby places in Scotland

• Mannerston Holdings
  5.1 mi away
• Faucheldean
  6.4 mi away
• Cowstrandburn
  6.5 mi away
• Middle Norton
  7.3 mi away
• Shiresmill
  7.6 mi away
• Blairforge
  7.9 mi away
• Muirend
  8.1 mi away
• Lochcraig
  8.4 mi away
• Carsegour
  9 mi away
• Burnwynd
  9.6 mi away
• Seafield
  12.9 mi away
• Glendevon
  14.9 mi away

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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 Rosyth

History of Inverkeithing and Rosyth

Stephen, William Rev. · 1921

Port Babcock Rosyth Harbour Empowerment Order 2009

Scotland · 2009

Rosyth International Container Terminal (Harbour Revision) Order 2013

Scotland · 2013

Rosyth

John A. (John Archibald) Rupert-Jones · 1917

The Royal Navy at Rosyth

Martin Rogers

Rosyth Dockyard and Naval Base

Walter Burt · 2016

Dunfermline and Rosyth in old picture postcards

Eric Simpson · 1993

Information for Janet Ronald

Janet Ronald · 1763

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers