PhotoART History North Queensferry and Inchgarvie

Welcome to North Queensferry — a village shaped by water, wind, and the need to cross.At the narrowest point of the Firth of Forth, between the northern and southern shores, this small community has stood watch for more than a thousand years. Here, pilgrims, kings, ferrymen, and soldiers all passed the same way, drawn by a crossing that mattered.At the heart of that crossing lies Inchgarvie, a dark rock rising from the water between North and South Queensferry. Once a fortified sentinel and later a foundation for steel, it has always been a watcher — observing movement, guarding the narrows, anchoring history.Local stories speak of a ginger cat, neither male nor female, said to guard the Forth and the crossing it protects — a quiet symbol of vigilance at the edge of land and tide.In this podcast, we explore the history, people, and myths of North Queensferry and Inchgarvie: a place between shores, between past and present, and between history and legend.