Rosyth

Rosyth
Scottish Gaelic: *Ros Fhìobh*
Rosyth Scottish Gaelic: Ros Fhìobh;
	Rosyth from the west, with Admiralty Road centre right and the Firth of Forth far left.
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Fife class=notpageimage\| Location near the City of Edinburgh council area
Population	13,570 (2020)
OS grid reference	NT108831
• Edinburgh	11 mi (18 km) S
Council area	Fife;
Lieutenancy area	Fife;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNFERMLINE
Postcode district	KY11
Dialling code	01383
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dunfermline and West Fife;
Scottish Parliament	Cowdenbeath;
	List of places UK Scotland 56°02′02″N 3°25′56″W / 56.03388°N 3.43226°W

Rosyth /rəˈsaɪθ/ ^ⓘ (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Fhìobh, "headland of Fife")^[2] is a town in Fife, Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Scotland's first Garden City,^[3] the town is located 3 miles south of Dunfermline city centre and 10½ miles northwest of Edinburgh city centre.

Rosyth town was founded in 1909 along with Rosyth naval dockyard, built as the coastal port of Dunfermline.^[4] Rosyth is near the narrowest crossing point of the Firth of Forth, so has long been strategically important, evidenced by the 15th century Rosyth Castle.

Today, Rosyth is a suburb commuter town of Edinburgh and Dunfermline.^[5] Rosyth railway station is on the Fife Circle Line, the town is bypassed by the M90 motorway, and is almost contiguous with neighbouring Dunfermline and Inverkeithing. Rosyth is home to 12 Historic Scotland listed buildings.^[6]

Rosyth has a population of 13,440 (2011), making the town the 5th largest in Fife.^[7]

^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Fife Place-name Data :: Rosyth". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
^ Bennett, Gabriella (7 April 2024). "Rosyth's garden city blooms again". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Rosyth | Understanding Scottish Places". www.usp.scot. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ "Listed Buildings in Rosyth Ward, Fife". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ "Find out about an area". Scotland’s Census.

[1] "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[2] "Fife Place-name Data :: Rosyth". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.

[3] Bennett, Gabriella (7 April 2024). "Rosyth's garden city blooms again". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

[:1-4] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] "Rosyth | Understanding Scottish Places". www.usp.scot. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

[6] "Listed Buildings in Rosyth Ward, Fife". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

[7] "Find out about an area". Scotland’s Census.

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Rosyth Scottish Gaelic: Ros Fhìobh
Rosyth from the west, with Admiralty Road centre right and the Firth of Forth far left.
class=notpageimage\| Location within Fife class=notpageimage\| Location near the City of Edinburgh council area
Population	13,570 (2020)^[1]
OS grid reference	NT108831
• Edinburgh	11 mi (18 km) S
Council area	Fife
Lieutenancy area	Fife
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DUNFERMLINE
Postcode district	KY11
Dialling code	01383

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish Parliament	Cowdenbeath
List of places UK Scotland 56°02′02″N 3°25′56″W / 56.03388°N 3.43226°W / 56.03388; -3.43226