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A large number of towns line the shores, as well as the petrochemical complexes at Grangemouth and Burntisland, the commercial docks at Leith, oilrig construction yards at Dalgety Bay and MethilMethil is a town in South East Fife, Scotland, situated near the mouth of the River Leven on the Firth of Forth between Buckhaven and Leven. The town forms the core of the industrial communities of Leven, Innerleven, Kirkland, Aberhill, Methilhill, Denbea and the naval dockyard at RosythRosyth (pronounced Ross-sythe) is located in Scotland, United Kingdom on the Firth of Forth, a mile (1. 6 km) south of Dunfermline and approximately 12 miles (19 km) north west of Edinburgh. Rosyth is best known for the large Royal Navy dockyard, construc, with numerous other industrial areas including the Forth Bridgehead area.
The Kincardine Bridge and the famous Forth Road BridgeThe Forth Road Bridge is a road suspension bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the west of the Forth Rail Bridge. A toll must be paid to cross the bridge in the northbound direction. Southbound travel is free, as is travel in both d and Forth Rail BridgeThe Forth Bridge is a railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14km (9 miles) west of Edinburgh. It is often, and erroneously, called the "Forth Rail Bridge" after the construction of the Fo carry traffic across the Firth.
The inner Firth, i.e. between the Kincardine and Forth bridges, has lost about half of its former intertidal area as a result of land being reclaimed, partly for agriculture, but mainly for industry.
The Firth is important for nature conservation . The Firth of Forth Islands SPAThe Firth of Forth Islands SPA is a Special Protection Area in the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland. It includes Bass Rock. ( Special Protection AreaA Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Commission Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC). Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly) is host to over 90,000 breeding seabirds every year. There is a bird observatoryA bird observatory is a centre for the study of bird migration and bird populations. Observatories in Britain and Ireland (all are members of the Bird Observatories Council of Britain and Ireland) Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory Calf of Man ( Isle of M on the Isle of May
Firth of Forth islands
Towns and villages on the shoreline
Former Royal Yacht Britannia is permanently moored at Leith harbour.
Places of interest along the Firth