Blackness, Falkirk

Blackness
A road junction with houses either side
A view of houses in the village of Blackness
Banknock is in the west of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland.
Banknock is in the west of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland.
Blackness
Location within the Falkirk council area
Population135 [2] (2001 census)
OS grid referenceNT051800
• Edinburgh13.4 mi (21.6 km) SE
• London341 mi (549 km) SSE
Civil parish
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLINLITHGOW
Postcode districtEH49
Dialling code01506
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Websitefalkirk.gov.uk
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°00′13″N 03°31′19″W / 56.00361°N 3.52194°W / 56.00361; -3.52194

Blackness is a small village and harbour at Blackness Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth in Scotland.[3] It lies 3.4 mi (5.5 km) east-southeast of Bo'ness, 5.0 mi (8.0 km) west-northwest of South Queensferry and 3.8 mi (6.1 km) north-east of Linlithgow, within the council area of Falkirk. It was formerly part of the historic county of West Lothian.

At the 2001 Census Blackness was reported as having a population of around 135 residents.[2]

  1. ^ Blackness entry in Am Faclair Beag Retrieved 29 March 2023
  2. ^ a b No 3 - 2001 Census Population of settlements and wards Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, www.falkirk.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-17
  3. ^ Munro, David (2006). Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins. p. 73. ISBN 9780004724669.