South Queensferry

Queensferry Scottish Gaelic: Cas Chaolais (also "Port/Aiseag/Iomarach na Banrìghinn")
Sign on entering Queensferry, displaying the arms of the burgh
Queensferry Location within the City of Edinburgh council area Show map of the City of Edinburgh council area Queensferry Location within Scotland Show map of Scotland
Population	10,400 (2022)[1]
OS grid reference	NT129783
Council area	City of Edinburgh
Lieutenancy area	Edinburgh[2]
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SOUTH QUEENSFERRY
Postcode district	EH30
Dialling code	0131
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Edinburgh West
Scottish Parliament	Edinburgh Western
List of places UK Scotland 55°59′24″N 3°23′53″W / 55.990°N 3.398°W / 55.990; -3.398

Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian,^[3] it is now administered by the City of Edinburgh Council. It lies ten miles to the north-west of Edinburgh city centre, on the shore of the Firth of Forth between the Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry Crossing.

The prefix South distinguishes it from North Queensferry, on the opposite shore of the Forth for postal services. Both towns on the Forth derive their name from the ferry service established by Queen Margaret in the 11th century, which continued to operate at the town until 1964, when the Road Bridge was opened.

The 2022 census counted 10,216 residents in South Queensferry, as it was listed at that time. Its population at the 2011 census was 9,026 based on the 2010 definition of the locality which in addition to the burgh includes Dalmeny.^[4]