Preston Salt Pans 2025

Although it is now over 150 years since the fires went out on Sir Robert Preston's salt pans, the old works are still well preserved and well worth a visit. In Scotland, salt making and coal mining went hand in hand as you needed at least six tons of coal to produce just one ton of salt – hence the reason, in times past, salt was so expensive.

Contacts

Address: Preston Island Low Valleyfield Nr Dunfermline Fife

Open Days & Times

Access at all times. Visit website for more details.

Travel

  • By Bus: 8
  • By Rail: Dunfermline / 9

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‘Industrial Salt’ was produced at a number of locations along the shores of the Forth. 

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