Tabrax Oil Works

Tabrax Oil Works is a historic site in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Tabrax Oil Works is situated near the community center Tarbrax Village Hall, as well as near the park Tarbrax common.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cobbinshaw Pits and Cobbinshaw Reservoir.

Cobbinshaw Pits

Mine

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cobbinshaw Pits is a mine, which is situated 3,900 feet north of Tabrax Oil Works.

Cobbinshaw Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cobbinshaw Reservoir is a reservoir in West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated near the Pentland Hills, 5 km south of West Calder. The 310-acre site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is popular with wildfowl.

Crosswood Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crosswood Reservoir is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tabrax Oil Works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tarbrax and Woolfords.

Tarbrax

Village

Photo: Gideonr0, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tarbrax is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath.

Woolfords

Village

Woolfords is a small hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Woolfords is located on the road between Auchengray and West Calder, next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir. Woolfords is situated 1½ miles northwest of Tabrax Oil Works.

Cobbinshaw

Hamlet

Photo: Eric Ingram, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cobbinshaw is a small hamlet in West Lothian, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road from nearby Woolfords. Cobbinshaw is at 1,000 feet above sea level on the edge of the Pentland Hills. Cobbinshaw is situated 1½ miles northwest of Tabrax Oil Works.

Tabrax Oil Works

Type: Historic site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.7841° or 55° 47′ 3″ north

Longitude

-3.55477° or 3° 33′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C7RQCMW+J3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4763690591

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tarbrax Village Hall and Tarbrax common.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Tarbrax Bing and Woodside terrace.

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