Blackness, Falkirk

Blackness
Scottish Gaelic: *An t-Sròn Dhubh*
Blackness Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sròn Dhubh;
	A view of houses in the village of Blackness
	Blackness Location within the Falkirk council area
Population	135 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	NT051800
• Edinburgh	13.4 mi (21.6 km) SE
• London	341 mi (549 km) SSE
Civil parish	Bo'ness and Carriden;
Council area	Falkirk;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LINLITHGOW
Postcode district	EH49
Dialling code	01506
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Linlithgow and ; East Falkirk;
Scottish Parliament	Falkirk East;
Website	falkirk.gov.uk

Blackness is a small village and harbour at Blackness Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth in Scotland. 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.

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