The area has major ship repair and fabrication facilities operated by Babcock, capable of large‑scale manufacturing, modular assembly reinforcing Rosyth’s role as a key operational base for complex engineering and maritime projects.
Key Facts
- Location: West Fife, north shore of the Firth of Forth
- Site type: Port and industrial area
- Landowners: Babcock, Forth Ports, MOD, Scarbrough Muir
- Planning Authority: Fife Council
- Tax sites: totalling 150ha, 371 acres in parcels of 20-50 acres each
- Power: 5MW with plans approved for 25MW
- Quayside: 170-540m quayside, 6-8.8m depth
- Dry Docks: in three dry docks up to 320m
- Secure non-tidal access and ship lift facilities up to 1,000 tonnes
Location/Connectivity
Rosyth sits in a highly connected position within central Scotland, immediately west of the Queensferry Crossing and within easy reach of Edinburgh and the wider Central Belt. Its coastal location provides direct access to the Forth estuary and North Sea trade routes.
Connectivity:
- Road: Direct access to the M90 corridor linking to Edinburgh, Perth and the Scottish motorway network
- Rail: Rosyth rail station on the Fife Circle Line, with connections to Edinburgh and Fife towns. Railhead connecting to the East Coast Mainline.
- Port/marine: Deep-water port facilities with international and domestic shipping access
- Ro/Ro Ferry
- Air: Edinburgh Airport approximately 20–30 minutes by road
Rosyth’s location allows access to a large regional workforce across Fife, Edinburgh and the wider Central Belt
Rosyth Dockyard/Babcock
Babcock International has one of the UK’s most advanced ship manufacturing and assembly facilities at the Rosyth Dockyard. Clients can access world-class dockyard efficiency, scale and adaptability at the 320 acre site. Home to one of the largest waterside manufacturing and repair facilities in the UK, the Rosyth facility has seen investment of approximately £100m over the last decade.
Babcock offers an extensive and diverse range of commercial and engineering support services to UK and international customers. They have delivered large-scale manufacturing, off-site modular build, logistics and heavy lifts, including the build and assembly of the UK’s two aircraft carriers – the largest vessels ever constructed for the Royal Navy.
Queensferry One/Scarborough Muir
Scarborough Muir is a joint venture with Scarborough Group International and JW Muir Group PLC. Their Queensferry One development offers a new international and logistics hub situated within the heart of the Forth Green Freeport. It is a fully remediated development site, with outline consent to deliver in excess of 1.2m sq ft of high-quality industrial and logistics space across 120 acres.
Flexible accommodation options are available, from pre-let and design and build opportunities ranging from 50,000 sq ft to 500,000 sq ft, to fully serviced sites, immediately available on a freehold or long leasehold basis.
HMS Caledonia/MOD
MOD Caledonia has two greenfield land plots immediately adjacent to Rosyth dockyard and the Port of Rosyth, which would places new businesses within a well-developed industrial environment with strong maritime, engineering and advanced manufacturing capabilities.
Port of Rosyth/Forth Ports
The Port of Rosyth, operated by Forth Ports, is a deepwater harbour, experienced in energy and infrastructure projects and is Scotland’s main agribulks hub. It’s an important fabrication base for the energy and shipbuilding sectors and is well connected to Scotland’s road and rail networks.
Arrol Gibb
Based at Babcock International’s Rosyth facility, the Arrol Gibb Innovation Campus (AGIC) will serve a range of small to medium-sized enterprises in the marine, modular/advanced manufacturing and energy-transition sectors, offering access to the latest industrial techniques and technology, industrial and office space, innovation advice and skills development.
AGIC is a collaboration between Babcock International, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Strathclyde, Fife College, Fife Council and Scottish Enterprise and Skills Development Scotland.
The campus’s first facility to open for business is FASTBLADE, the world’s first test facility that uses regenerative hydraulic technology to offer low-cost fatigue testing of lightweight composite structures for research and product development. FASTBLADE welcomes its first customers, testing composite blades for tidal energy turbines.
