page_title: Bo'ness
section_title: Present
hierarchical_section_title: Bo'ness / Present
caption_attribution_description: English: A picture palace built in 1912 in a style anticipating art deco cinema architecture, recently restored and revitalised.
context_page_description: Borrowstounness is a town and former burgh and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Historically part of the county of West Lothian, it is within the Falkirk council area, 16.9 miles north-west of Edinburgh and 6.7 miles east of Falkirk. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, the population of the Bo'ness Locality was 15,100.
context_section_description: Bo'ness is now primarily a commuter town, with many of its residents travelling to work in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Falkirk. One of the main local sources of employment is the Ineos petrochemical facility (formerly BP) located in nearby Grangemouth.
  Present-day attractions in the town include the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway and the Birkhill Fireclay Mine. Kinneil House, built by the powerful Hamilton family in the 15th century, lies on the western edge of the town. In the grounds are a cottage where James Watt worked on his experimental steam engine and the steam cylinder of a Newcomen engine. The remains of an engine house are located in Kinningars Park, off Harbour Road.
  Bo'ness has a single secondary school, Bo'ness Academy, and five primary schools: Kinneil, Deanburn, Bo'ness Public School, St Mary's, and the Grange School. There are a number of churches, including  Bo'ness Old Kirk, Carriden Parish Church, St Andrew's Parish Church, Craigmailen United Free Church, St. Catharine's Episcopal Church, Bo'ness Apostolic Church, Bo'ness Baptist Church, The Bo'ness Salvation Army and St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church. On 25 October 2011 it was announced that the Rev Albert Bogle, minister at the town's St Andrew's Church, would be nominated to be Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2012.
  As of 2011, consideration is being given to the possible renovation of the town's harbour.
  Bo'ness is also home to the recently refurbished Hippodrome Cinema, which is the oldest picture house in Scotland.  The building, along with many other buildings in Bo'ness, was designed by Matthew Steele, a local resident and architect.  The Hippodrome was built in 1912. Some footage of it survives from 1950 in Bo'ness Children's Fair Festival. The festival continues to this day.
  Bo'ness also has their own theatre name The Barony Theatre, Bo'ness which was transformed into a theatre during the 20th Century, prior to this it was known as a primary school 'Borowstoun Primary' Annually their band of player's 'The Barony Player's' put on acclaimed plays such as The Steamie, Gregory's Girl, Dad's Army and The Crucible. They also host visiting companies who produce in their venue such as the annual pantomime which is always a sell out success.
  Bo'ness was fictionalized as Onderness in a series of contemporary whodunits by EJ Lamprey.
caption: Bo'ness Hippodrome
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