Just ten miles from Edinburgh, you will find the village of North Queensferry. Although people have lived here for many thousands of years, the village gained prominence during the time when Queen Margaret established a monastery in Dunfermline. The narrowness of North Queensferry meant that it was the logical place for a crossing for those travellers between Edinburgh and Dunfermline. A ferry service was established for the crossing and became known as the "Queen's ferry" and ferries landed at both North and South points in the harbour. Granite quarries also aided the economy and the resulting holes left from quarrying out the granite are now the site of Deep Sea World, named one of the top ten attractions in Scotland. Ferries continued to operate from the village to Dunfermline right up until the time the Forth Road Bridge was opened in 1964.
North Queensferry is sandwiched in between two main bridges – the Forth Rail Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge and sometimes they tend to overshadow the village, especially the dark red of the Rail Bridge.
Deep Sea World gives you an underwater view of marine life. It is almost as if you are diving in the water with the sharks as you walk along the world's largest underwater tunnel. You can see the divers feed the sharks and see over 2000 species of underwater life if you are not able to dive among them. It is here you can see a deadly poison species of reptile in the Bearded Dragon. There are open tanks where you will see divers in the large rock pools and there are informative sessions for both the children and the adults. Take a guided tour of the facility where you can go behind the scenes to see such things as baby dolphins hatching.
The scenery of this village makes it very attractive as you look out over the Firth of Forth. Between the bridges and the Deep Sea Pool, it is a very popular tourist destination.