Pentland Hills
The Pentland Hills are a range of hills southwest of Edinburgh, Scotland. The range is around 20 miles in length, covers an area of 35 square miles, and runs southwest from Edinburgh towards Biggar and the upper Clydesdale.Places of Interest
Highlights: East Cairn Hill and West Cairn Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carlops and Nine Mile Burn.
Carlops
Village
Carlops is a small village in the Pentland Hills… Carlops is situated 2½ miles southeast of Pentland Hills.
Nine Mile Burn
Hamlet
Nine Mile Burn is a hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland… Nine Mile Burn is situated 3½ miles east of Pentland Hills.
West Linton
Village
West Linton is a village and civil parish in southern Scotland, on the A702. West Linton is situated 4½ miles southeast of Pentland Hills.
Pentland Hills
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,319 feet
- Description: range of hills to the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.81° or 55° 48′ 36″ north
Longitude
-3.4° or 3° 24′ west
Elevation
1,319 feet (402 metres)
Open location code
9C7RRH6X+2X
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Pentland Hills” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pentland Hills”
- Cebuano: “Pentland Hills”
- Chinese: “彭特兰山”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بنتلاند هيلز”
- French: “Pentland Hills”
- German: “Pentland Hills”
- Greek: “Λόφοι Πέντλαντ”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Pentland”
- Japanese: “ペントランド・ヒルズ”
- Ladin: “Pentland Hills”
- Polish: “Pentland Hills”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Monadh Pentland”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pentland”
- Swedish: “Pentland Hills”
- Venetian: “Pentland Hills”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Glenbrook and Silverburn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cauldstane Slap and Wether Law.
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Worth a closer look: Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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