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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mavisbank House and Hawthornden Castle.
Mavisbank House
Ruins
Photo: Peter Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mavisbank is a country house outside Loanhead, south of Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland. It was designed by architect William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and was constructed between 1723 and 1727.
Hawthornden Castle
Castle
Photo: Magnus Hagdorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawthornden Castle is located on the River North Esk in Midlothian, Scotland. The castle lies a mile to the east of Roslin at grid reference NT287637, and is just downstream from Roslin Castle.
Stewart Brewing
Building
Stewart Brewing is an independent craft brewery based on the outskirts of Edinburgh in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland. It was established in 2004 by Steve and Jo Stewart.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polton and Burdiehouse.
Polton
Village
Polton is a village located in Lasswade parish, Midlothian, Scotland, anciently a superiority of the Ramsay family, cadets of Dalhousie. In 1618 David Ramsay of Polton was in possession.
Burdiehouse
Suburb
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burdiehouse; Scots: Burdiehoose, is an area in the south east of Edinburgh, Scotland, near Gilmerton, Gracemount and Southhouse. The name may be a corruption of the name Bordeaux, from French immigrants who lived in the area.
Lasswade
Village
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Lasswade is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River North Esk, nine miles south of Edinburgh city centre, contiguous with Bonnyrigg and between Dalkeith to the east and Loanhead to the west. Melville Castle lies to the north east.
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″ northLongitude
-3.14878° or 3° 8′ 56″ westPopulation
6,900Elevation
499 feet (152 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LNHOpen location code
9C7RVVH2+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 29340892OpenStreetMap 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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Notable Places Nearby
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