Bridgend
Bridgend is a village which neighbours Linlithgow, in West Lothian, Scotland. It has a football team called Bridgend United. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 790.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 760 residents
- Description: village bordering Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bridgend, West Lothian”
Places of Interest
Highlights include House of the Binns and Linlithgow railway station.
House of the Binns
Castle
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The House of the Binns, or simply the Binns, is a historic house and estate in West Lothian, Scotland, the seat of the Dalyell baronets and family. It dates principally from the early 17th century and was gifted to the National Trust for Scotland in 1944 by Eleanor Dalyell. House of the Binns is situated 2 miles north of Bridgend.
Linlithgow railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Linlithgow railway station is a railway station serving the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, and is also served by ScotRail services from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunblane. Linlithgow railway station is situated 2½ miles west of Bridgend.
St Michael’s Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Hospital, Linlithgow was a community hospital in Linlithgow, Scotland, operated by NHS Lothian. St Michael’s Hospital is situated 2 miles west of Bridgend.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Philpstoun and Kingscavil.
Philpstoun
Village
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Philpstoun is a small village in West Lothian, Scotland, situated roughly 2 miles east of the historic county town of Linlithgow. The village originated in the oil shale mining boom of the 19th century.
Kingscavil
Hamlet
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Kingscavil is a small settlement in West Lothian lying between Linlithgow and Bridgend on the old A9.
Ecclesmachan
Village
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Ecclesmachan is an historic village in West Lothian. It lies just north of Uphall on the B8046 road and just south of Threemiletown. The village is notable for its medieval origin parish church. Ecclesmachan is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bridgend.
Bridgend
- Category: locality
- Location: West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.96408° or 55° 57′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.53551° or 3° 32′ 8″ westPopulation
760Elevation
348 feet (106 metres)Open location code
9C7RXF77+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 866493405OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11592120Wikidata ID
Q4966528
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Bridgend” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bridgend”
- Dutch: “Bridgend”
- German: “Bridgend”
- Irish: “Ceann na Drochaide”
- Italian: “Bridgend”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bridgend, Lodainn an Iar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bridgend, West Lothian”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bridgend”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann na Drochaide”
- Spanish: “Bridgend”
- Swedish: “Bridgend, West Lothian”
- Swedish: “Bridgend”
- Welsh: “Bridgend, Gorllewin Lothian”
- Welsh: “Bridgend”
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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 “Bridgend”. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.