Scottish Mining Museum
The National Mining Museum Scotland was created in 1984, to preserve the physical surface remains of Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland.Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: mining museum in Midlothian, Scotland
- Also known as: “National Mining Museum Scotland”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newtongrange railway station and Dalhousie Castle.
Newtongrange railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtongrange is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 11 miles 77 chains south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Newtongrange in Midlothian, Scotland. Newtongrange railway station is situated 910 feet north of Scottish Mining Museum.
Dalhousie Castle
Building
Dalhousie Castle is a castle in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Dalhousie Castle is situated near the town of Bonnyrigg, 8 miles south of Edinburgh. The castle was the seat of the Earls of Dalhousie, the chieftains of Clan Ramsay. Dalhousie Castle is situated 3,100 feet west of Scottish Mining Museum.
Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church
Church
Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church is located to the south of the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church is situated 1 mile west of Scottish Mining Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtongrange and Newbattle.
Newtongrange
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtongrange is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. Known in local dialect as Nitten, or Nitten by the Bing, it became Scotland's largest mining village in the 1890s, with the sinking of the Lady Victoria Colliery and a shaft over 1600 feet deep.
Newbattle
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newbattle is a village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland. The village lies south of Dalkeith, about seven miles from Edinburgh. It is notable for containing Newbattle Abbey, a stately home built on the site of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery.
Mayfield
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mayfield is a community in Midlothian, Scotland, located just south of Dalkeith near Edinburgh between the A68 and the A7 south. It had an estimated population of 13,690 in 2020.
Scottish Mining Museum
- Categories: mining museum, independent museum, national museum, charitable organization, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86228° or 55° 51′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.06765° or 3° 4′ 4″ westElevation
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
9C7RVW6J+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1356137835OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine_shaft
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Scottish Mining Museum” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eskoziako Meatzaritza Museo Nazionala”
- Dutch: “National Mining Museum Scotland”
- German: “Lady Victoria Colliery”
- Japanese: “スコットランド国立炭鉱博物館”
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