West Wood
West Wood is a forest in Midlothian, Scotland. West Wood is situated nearby to the locality Maggie Bowies Glen, as well as near the hamlet Tynehead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crichton Castle and Borthwick Castle.
Crichton Castle
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crichton Castle is a ruined castle near the village of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. It is situated at the head of the River Tyne, 2 miles south of the village of Pathhead, and the same distance east of Gorebridge.
Borthwick Castle
Hotel
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Borthwick Castle is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval Scottish fortifications. It is located twelve miles south-east of Edinburgh, to the east of the village of Borthwick, on a site protected on three sides by a steep fall in the ground.
Crichton Collegiate Church
Place of worship
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.
Crichton Collegiate Church is situated about 0.6 miles south-west of the hamlet of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crichton and Borthwick.
Crichton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crichton is a small village and civil parish in Midlothian, Scotland, around 2 miles south of Pathhead and the same distance east of Gorebridge. The second element of the name is clearly from the Old English word tūn 'farm, settlement'.
Borthwick
Village
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borthwick is a hamlet, parish and stream in Midlothian, Scotland. The parish includes the 15th century Borthwick Castle, which is to the east of the village and the villages of Gorebridge and North Middleton.
North Middleton
Village
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Middleton is a village in the civil parish of Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland. Outlying hamlets include Borthwick and Middleton.
West Wood
- Type: Forest
- Description: woodland in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Category: woodland
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.83105° or 55° 49′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.98219° or 2° 58′ 56″ westElevation
673 feet (205 metres)Open location code
9C7VR2J9+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 876140351OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“West Wood” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Wood”
- Swedish: “West Wood”
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Localities in the Area
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