Gowkshill

Gowkshill is a hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland. Gowkshill is situated nearby to the town Newtongrange, as well as near Gorebridge.

Places of Interest

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.

Dalhousie Castle

Building

Photo: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5.

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.

Newbattle High School

School

Newbattle High School is a non-denominational secondary state school located in Easthouses, Midlothian, Scotland within Newbattle Community Campus, which opened to the public on 26 May 2018.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtongrange and Gorebridge.

Newtongrange

Town

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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.

Gorebridge

Town

Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gorebridge is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. Gorebridge has an annual Gala Day which always takes place on the 3rd Saturday in June. This is much like a town fair, with rides and games.

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.

Gowkshill

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.8582° or 55° 51′ 30″ north

Longitude

-3.0561° or 3° 3′ 22″ west

Elevation

476 feet (145 metres)

Open location code

9C7RVW5V+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2080422226

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12263959

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