Places to see in ( Livingston - UK )
Places to see in ( Livingston - UK )
Livingston, is the largest town in West Lothian, Scotland. Designated in 1962, Livingston is the fourth post-Second World War new town to be built in Scotland. Taking it's name from the village of Livingston in West Lothian, it was originally developed in the-then counties of Midlothian and West Lothian. Livingston is about fifteen miles (25 km) west of Edinburgh and thirty miles (50 km) east of Glasgow, and is close to the towns of Broxburn to the north-east and Bathgate to the north-west.
Livingston was built around a collection of small villages, Livingston Village, Bellsquarry and Livingston Station (now part of Deans). It has a number of residential precincts or areas. These include Craigshill, Howden, Ladywell, Knightsridge, Deans, Dedridge, Murieston, Almondvale, Eliburn, Kirkton and Adambrae. To the north of Craigshill, lies the Houstoun Industrial Estate. The locality of Livingston as defined by the General Register Office for Scotland (GRO) includes Uphall Station and Pumpherston. The wider urban settlement, also as defined by the GRO, also includes Mid Calder and East Calder. Other neighbouring villages include: Kirknewton, Polbeth and West Calder.
Livingston is the second-biggest settlement in the Lothians after Edinburgh. Until 1963, the area surrounding the ancient village of Livingston was open farmland, and the ancient village is now called Livingston Village.
Livingston has three major shopping centres, and another three medium large retail parks and a cluster of small local stores located throughout the different areas. Livingston town centre sits on the southern edge of the Almond Valley. It is bounded by a ring road and has been purposely planned, distinguishing it from West Lothian's other town centres. Howden Park is located immediately north of the town centre. Livingston is the sub-regional centre serving West Lothian. It features one of the largest indoor shopping and leisure complexes in Scotland, The Centre (formerly Almondvale Shopping Centre) and the Livingston Designer Outlet
Livingston has excellent connections to the central Scotland road network. The M8 bounds Livingston in the north. The A899 dual carriageway spine road passes north south along Livingston's eastern edge and connects the M8 in the north to the A71 in the south and has the A89 to the west. Livingston has a central bus terminal located on Almondvale Avenue between the two shopping centres in the town centre. Livingston has three railway stations; Livingston North, Livingston South and Uphall Station.
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Places to see in ( Linlithgow - UK )
Places to see in ( Linlithgow - UK )
Linlithgow is a royal burgh in West Lothian, Scotland. It is West Lothian's county town, reflected in the county's alternative name of Linlithgowshire. An ancient town, it lies south of its two most prominent landmarks: Linlithgow Palace and Linlithgow Loch, and north of the Union Canal. Linlithgow's patron saint is Saint Michael and its motto is St. Michael is kinde to straingers. A statue of the saint holding the burgh coat of arms stands on the High Street.
Linlithgow is located in the north-east of West Lothian, close to the border with Stirlingshire. It lies 20 miles (30 km) west of Edinburgh along the main railway route to Glasgow. Before the construction of the M8 & M9 motorways and the opening of the Forth Road Bridge, the town lay on the main road from Edinburgh to Stirling, Perth and Inverness while the canal system linked the burgh to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The nearby village of Blackness once served as the burgh's port. Linlithgow is overlooked by its local hill, Cockleroi.
The chief historic attraction of Linlithgow is the remains of Linlithgow Palace, the birthplace of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots, and probably Scotland's finest surviving late medieval secular building. The present palace was started (on an older site) in 1424 by James I of Scotland. It was burnt in 1746, and, whilst unroofed, it is still largely complete in terms of its apartments (though very few of the original furnishings survived). Linlithgow was also the site of the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge at the western edge of the town. The bridge no longer stands. The roadway to Linlithgow over the River Avon is described by scholars as a lifted road.
The town has a generally east-west orientation and is centred on what used to be the main Edinburgh-Stirling road; this now forms the main thoroughfare called the High Street. Plots of farmed land, known as rigs, ran perpendicular to the High Street and comprised much of the town's development until the 19th century. Growth was restricted to the north by Linlithgow Loch, and by the steep hill to the south, but, in the late 19th & early 20th centuries, development began to take place much further south of the High Street. In the late 20th century, demand for housing saw many residential developments take place much further south, as well as spreading into new areas.
This southward development was bisected by the Union Canal and latterly the main Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line, and today the limited crossings of both cause problems with modern traffic as there are only three places where each can be crossed in the town.
To the west, Linlithgow Bridge used to be a somewhat distinct village with its own identity, but in the latter half of the 20th century it was enveloped in the expansion of the main town and today the distinction between them is hard to make out.
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Places to see in ( Linlithgow - UK )
Places to see in ( Linlithgow - UK )
Linlithgow is a royal burgh in West Lothian, Scotland. It is West Lothian's county town, reflected in the county's alternative name of Linlithgowshire. An ancient town, it lies south of its two most prominent landmarks: Linlithgow Palace and Linlithgow Loch, and north of the Union Canal. Linlithgow's patron saint is Saint Michael and its motto is St. Michael is kinde to straingers. A statue of the saint holding the burgh coat of arms stands on the High Street.
Linlithgow is located in the north-east of West Lothian, close to the border with Stirlingshire. It lies 20 miles (30 km) west of Edinburgh along the main railway route to Glasgow. Before the construction of the M8 & M9 motorways and the opening of the Forth Road Bridge, the town lay on the main road from Edinburgh to Stirling, Perth and Inverness while the canal system linked the burgh to Edinburgh and Glasgow. The nearby village of Blackness once served as the burgh's port. Linlithgow is overlooked by its local hill, Cockleroi.
The chief historic attraction of Linlithgow is the remains of Linlithgow Palace, the birthplace of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots, and probably Scotland's finest surviving late medieval secular building. The present palace was started (on an older site) in 1424 by James I of Scotland. It was burnt in 1746, and, whilst unroofed, it is still largely complete in terms of its apartments (though very few of the original furnishings survived). Linlithgow was also the site of the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge at the western edge of the town. The bridge no longer stands. The roadway to Linlithgow over the River Avon is described by scholars as a lifted road.
The town has a generally east-west orientation and is centred on what used to be the main Edinburgh-Stirling road; this now forms the main thoroughfare called the High Street. Plots of farmed land, known as rigs, ran perpendicular to the High Street and comprised much of the town's development until the 19th century. Growth was restricted to the north by Linlithgow Loch, and by the steep hill to the south, but, in the late 19th & early 20th centuries, development began to take place much further south of the High Street. In the late 20th century, demand for housing saw many residential developments take place much further south, as well as spreading into new areas.
This southward development was bisected by the Union Canal and latterly the main Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line, and today the limited crossings of both cause problems with modern traffic as there are only three places where each can be crossed in the town.
To the west, Linlithgow Bridge used to be a somewhat distinct village with its own identity, but in the latter half of the 20th century it was enveloped in the expansion of the main town and today the distinction between them is hard to make out.
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Old Photographs Penicuik Midlothian Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Penicuik, a town and former burgh in Midlothian situated on the west bank of the River North Esk. It lies on the A701 road midway between Edinburgh and Peebles, east of the Pentland Hills. The site of Penicuik was home to the paper mill established by Agnes Campbell in 1709. Around 1770, the arrival of the Cowan family, and their expansion of the paper mill, led to the need for homes for their workers. The hamlet of Penicuik was expanded as a planned town. Papermaking is thought to have started in the area around 1709. The best firm evidence of early paper making lies in the parish cemetery, where the grave of Thomas Rutherford, dated 1735, describes him as papermaker . There were at least two established paper mills in the town. In the mid 18th century Charles Cowan, originally a grocer in Leith, established the Cowan Valleyfield Mills. In 1796, Cowan brought in his son, Alexander Cowan, to manage the mill. An adjacent corn mill was purchased in 1803, becoming known as Bank Mill after he converted it to produce the paper on which banknotes were printed. The Valleyfield Mills were used as a prisoner of war camp, mainly for French prisoners, from March 1811 until September 1814, often referred to as the Napoleonic War but more correctly at this period being the Peninsula War. Cargill Gilston Knott, was born on 30 June 1856 in Penicuik. He was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was a pioneer in seismological research. He spent his early career in Japan. He later became a Fellow of the Royal Society, Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and President of the Scottish Meteorological Society. He died at his home at 42 Upper Gray Street, Newington, Edinburgh, on 26 October 1922.
Charles Tennant Gravestone Necropolis Glasgow Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the Charles Tennant Memorial gravestone on ancestry visit to Glasgow Necropolis. Charles, born 3rd of May 1768, died 1st of October 1838, was a Scottish chemist and industrialist. He discovered bleaching powder and founded an industrial dynasty. He was the ninth of John Tennants sixteen children. As a baby, he moved from Laigh corton farm to Glenconner, Ochiltree, Ayrshire. This was the humble beginning of the man who was destined to become founder and master of a mighty chemical empire and a great liberal reformer. He became one of the most progressive thinkers of his time. The Tennant surname with spellings of Tenant, Tenaunt and Tennant, is an English status surname. It originally described a husbandman, the later description being a farmer, or one who held lands from an overlord. The derivation is from the pre 10th century Olde French word tenant , introduced by the victorious Normans after the Invasion of 1066. Philip Swalowe married Elizabeth Tennante at St. Dionis Backchurch, in the city of London, England, in 1553
The surname Tennant was first found in Linlithgowshire, Gaelic: Lodainn an Iar, former county in south central Scotland, now the Council Area West Lothian, where they held a family seat at Crestone or Creston from about the year 1150 A.D.
Tennant has been spelled Tennant, tenant, Tennand, Tennan, Tenman, Tennend, Tennent, Tenand and many more
David, Judith and Rebecca Tennant all arrived in Charlestown, South Carolina, America, in 1766
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Camper Van Hire Scotland
This year camper van hire in Scotland is as popular as ever. If you are considering exploring the beautiful Scottish countryside I have a few suggestions for you. Here are some places of interest in the North East Of Scotland.
In the breathtaking Aberdeenshire countryside and standing on the bank of the river Ythan is Fyvie Castle. With its hidden chamber and resident Ghost this is one spooky attraction.
The haunting started when workmen renovating the castle discovered a skeleton of an unidentified woman buried in a wall. The men decided to remove the skeleton and bury her in the local Fyvie cemetery. It was they did this that various reports appeared citing strange goings on in the castle.
Only when the skeleton was exhumed and place back in the wall did the noises stop making the residence believe the dead lady was not happy at being moved.
Nearby is Huntly Castle. A castle dating back some 600 years in various shapes and forms. It has had two different names and it has been privy to at least eight battles or sieges. It as also seen a few executions and has been home to various wealthy Scottish families making Huntly Castle a site for people with a real thirst for history.
North West of Aberdeen in an area called Speyside which lies on the banks of the river Spey.
This beautiful area encompasses various historic towns and villages including Aviemore and Elgin and is famous for its Malt Whiskey Festival called the 'Spirit of Speyside'.
When you have arranged campervan hire in Scotland you may not feel like driving every single day, so what about a drop of whisky? Various malt whisky distilleries can be found in the area, especially along the banks of the river. The river itself is famous for being for it's fishing and is abundant in salmon.
The next 'Spirit of Speyside' festival is scheduled for September 2010 with another starting in April 2011. Keep up to date by visiting the festivals Facebook page!
To the west of Elgin is the Moray Firth. This outstandingly beautiful area has exquisite fishing villages to explore and wonderful beaches plus some of the best sea fishing.
Speyside is well worth a visit. To arrange campervan hire in Scotland, just call 0800 612 8719 and we will sort it out for you.
Alvey House Hotel, Newtonmore
Alvey House Hotel, Golf Course Road, Newtonmore, Highland, PH20 1AT, Scotland
Click on the blue link above to read more about the Alvey House Hotel or to book your stay there.Or visit for bargain prices on many more hotels in Highland in the UK and around the globe.
Season 3 Episode 4 - Dumbarton Central
Our fourth and final station is the one we spend the most time at and also the one that you shouldn't visit late at night......like......I just did.
Featuring many class 334s and only one 320, heading to and from a variety of destinations such as Airdrie, Balloch, Cumbernauld, Helensburgh Central and Edinburgh Waverley.
Filming session was from: 17:33-18:26