Niddry Castle

Niddry Castle is a sixteenth-century tower house near Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated near the Union Canal, and between two large oil shale bings, or waste heaps.

Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St John Cantius and St Nicholas R C Church, West Main Street, Broxburn and Broxburn Viaduct.

St John Cantius and St Nicholas R C Church, West Main Street, Broxburn

Church

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St John Cantius and St Nicholas R C Church, West Main Street, Broxburn is situated 1¼ miles south of Niddry Castle.

Broxburn Viaduct

Bridge

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The Broxburn Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the boundary between West Lothian and Edinburgh in Scotland. The viaduct carries the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line across the A89 road and Brox Burn. Broxburn Viaduct is situated 1½ miles southeast of Niddry Castle.

Broxburn Academy

School

Broxburn Academy is a secondary school in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland. Broxburn Academy is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Niddry Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winchburgh and Broxburn.

Winchburgh

Town

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Winchburgh is a town in Scotland. It is located approximately ten miles west of the city centre of Edinburgh, six miles east of Linlithgow and three miles northeast of Broxburn.

Broxburn

Town

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broxburn is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is 12 miles from the West End of Edinburgh, 5 miles from Edinburgh Airport and 5 miles to the north of Livingston.

Ecclesmachan

Village

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Ecclesmachan is an historic village in West Lothian. It lies just north of Uphall on the B8046 road and just south of Threemiletown. The village is notable for its medieval origin parish church. Ecclesmachan is situated 1½ miles west of Niddry Castle.

Niddry Castle

Type: Ruin
Description: castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Categories: tower house, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.95° or 55° 57′ north

Longitude

-3.46667° or 3° 28′ west

Elevation

374 feet (114 metres)

Open location code

9C7RWGXM+X8

GeoNames ID

2641497

Wikidata ID

Q2970137

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Niddry Castle” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Նիդրի ամրոց”
Basque: “Niddry gaztelua”
Dutch: “Niddry Castle”
French: “château de Niddry”
French: “Château de Niddry”
German: “Niddry Castle”
Portuguese: “Castelo Niddry”
Swedish: “Niddry Castle”

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