Mining Memorial
Mining Memorial is a memorial in Midlothian, Scotland. Mining Memorial is situated nearby to the town Newtongrange, as well as near Newbattle Congregational Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newtongrange railway station and Newbattle Abbey.
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 830 feet southwest of Mining Memorial.
Newbattle Abbey
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newbattle Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Newbattle in Midlothian, Scotland, which subsequently became a stately home and then an educational institution. Newbattle Abbey is situated 1 mile north of Mining Memorial.
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 Mining Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtongrange and Newbattle.
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.
Newbattle
Suburb
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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.
Easthouses
Village
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Easthouses is a settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, lying to the east of Newtongrange and south of Dalkeith. It forms the northern extension of the settlement of Mayfield, with which it is closely associated; the two communities have a combined population of around 7,900.
Mining Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.86671° or 55° 52′ 0″ northLongitude
-3.06714° or 3° 4′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C7RVW8M+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13357564309OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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