Loanhead
Loanhead is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, in a commuter belt to the south of Edinburgh, and close to Roslin, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith. The town was built on coal and oil shale mining, and the paper industries.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mavisbank House and Hawthornden Castle.
Mavisbank House
Ruins
Hawthornden Castle
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polton and Burdiehouse.
Loanhead
- Type: Town with 6,900 residents
- Description: town in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.87808° or 55° 52′ 41″ north
Longitude
-3.14878° or 3° 8′ 56″ west
Population
6,900
Elevation
499 feet (152 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB LNH
Open location code
9C7RVVH2+6F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Loanhead” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Loanhead”
- Basque: “Loanhead”
- Bulgarian: “Лоанхеад”
- Cebuano: “Loanhead”
- Chinese: “伦黑德”
- Dutch: “Loanhead”
- Esperanto: “Loanhead”
- French: “Loanhead”
- German: “Loanhead”
- Italian: “Loanhead”
- Japanese: “ローンヘッド”
- Persian: “لونهد”
- Persian: “لونهد”
- Polish: “Loanhead”
- Scots: “Loanheid”
- Spanish: “Loanhead”
- Swedish: “Loanhead”
- Welsh: “Loanhead”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bilston Glen and Straiton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hermitage of the Transfiguraton and Loanhead Post Office.
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Worth a closer look: Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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