Bilston
Bilston is a small village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located on the edge of Edinburgh, just south of Loanhead on the A701. The Bilston Burn Site of Special Scientific Interest was occupied from 2002 until the mid-2010s by protestors who successfully opposed plans for a bypass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,210 residents
- Description: village in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bilston, Midlothian”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin, Penicuik Road, Roslin Parish Church.
Rosslyn Chapel
Church
Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland.
Old Pentland Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Pentland Cemetery is a cemetery in Old Pentland, near Loanhead in Midlothian, Scotland. A category B listed building, the cemetery dates back to the early 17th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roslin and Loanhead.
Roslin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penicuik is in a town in The Lothians 10 miles south of Edinburgh. It's mostly commuterland for the city, with a population of 16,200 in 2016. It has an army base and is close to the scenic Pentland Hills.
Loanhead
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Easter Howgate
Hamlet
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easter Howgate is a settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, on the A702, two miles north of Penicuik. The Scottish Agricultural College maintains a teaching campus and a research farm there, named "Edinburgh Genetics".
Bilston
- Category: locality
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.86874° or 55° 52′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.17988° or 3° 10′ 48″ westPopulation
1,210Elevation
528 feet (161 metres)Open location code
9C7RVR9C+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 29094978OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6930999Wikidata ID
Q3421561
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Bilston” goes by many names.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bilston”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.