Museum · near South Queensferry · City of Edinburgh

Forth Bridges Light House Museum

Forth Bridges Light House Museum is a history museum. Look for it 900 m north of South Queensferry. Its operator is North Queensferry Heritage Trust.

Where

900 m

north of South Queensferry

Run by

North Queensferry Heritage Trust

the operator on record

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum near South Queensferry

Just outside South Queensferry

Forth Bridges Light House Museum is 900 m north of South Queensferry. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Aim for June to August, when South Queensferry reaches 17–19°C.

Jan7° / 1°81 mm

Feb7° / 1°67 mm

Mar9° / 2°63 mm

Apr12° / 4°48 mm

May14° / 6°48 mm

Jun17° / 9°73 mm

Jul19° / 11°73 mm

Aug19° / 11°79 mm

Sep16° / 9°65 mm

Oct13° / 6°88 mm

Nov9° / 3°80 mm

Dec7° / 1°87 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in South Queensferry, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for South Queensferry. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. South Queensferry’s full climate →

About

Forth Bridges Light House Museum

There are 154 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Edinburgh Castle (14 km).

Type: Museum
Run by: North Queensferry Heritage Trust
Town: 900 m north of South Queensferry
Official site: nqht.org/visit-the-light-tower-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Before you go

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Forth Bridges Light House Museum on the map

Orange: Forth Bridges Light House Museum.

Towns near it

The towns around Forth Bridges Light House Museum

Among the 5, Dunfermline is the biggest, home to 56,053 people. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · 900 m south of it

South Queensferry

10,214 people · 17 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km northwest of it

Rosyth

13,309 people · 18 places to visit

3 · 1.5 km north of it

Inverkeithing

5,273 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km northeast of it

Dalgety Bay and Hillend

9,452 people · 14 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Forth Bridges Light House Museum is	People	Places to visit
South Queensferry	900 m south of it	10,214	17
Rosyth	1.5 km northwest of it	13,309	18
Inverkeithing	1.5 km north of it	5,273	16
Dalgety Bay and Hillend	2.6 km northeast of it	9,452	14
Dunfermline	3.9 km north of it	56,053	14

Make a day of it

Around Forth Bridges Light House Museum

There are 154 within 15 km, 3 castles, an art gallery and a museum among them.

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle14 km away 2

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery14 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandDunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins)8.1 km away 4

MuseumNational Museum of Scotland14 km away 5

PalaceLinlithgow Palace13 km away 6

CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral14 km away 7

Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBlackness Castle7.6 km away 8

AquariumDeep Sea World200 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Forth Bridges Light House Museum: what to know

Where is Forth Bridges Light House Museum?

Forth Bridges Light House Museum is 900 m north of South Queensferry, City of Edinburgh.

What is Forth Bridges Light House Museum?

Museum: history.

Who runs Forth Bridges Light House Museum?

North Queensferry Heritage Trust.

When is the best time to visit Forth Bridges Light House Museum?

June to August are the warmest months in South Queensferry, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Forth Bridges Light House Museum?

Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (14 km), National Gallery (14 km), Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins) (8.1 km) and National Museum of Scotland (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dunfermline Palace & Abbey (ruins): Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Linlithgow Palace: Alex Sanz, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackness Castle: Dr John Wells, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Deep Sea World: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.