Ballast Bank Park
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| Ballast Bank Park | |
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 Trees at Ballast Bank park | |
 Interactive map of Ballast Bank Park | |
| Type | Parkland |
| Location | Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°01′41″N 3°23′31″W / 56.028°N 3.392°W |
| Operated by | Fife Council |
| Status | Open all year |
Ballast Bank Park is a public park in the town of Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland. Located on the banks of Inverkeithing Bay on the Firth of Forth, the park is host to the annual Inverkeithing Highland Games, as well as other community events and sports teams.
The park takes its name from deposits of ballast stones from ships entering Inverkeithing Bay in the 18th and 19th centuries, which gradually built up and became known as the ballast bank.[1] Houses were built around the park by Sir Robert Preston in the 1820s, and Commercial Road Bridge - linking the park to Inverkeithing town over the Keithing Burn - was built in 1821.[2]