Pandora’s Box

Pandora’s Box is a public bookcase in Midlothian, Scotland. Pandora’s Box is situated nearby to the fountain The Old Well, as well as near Penicuik Town Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Penicuik Town Hall and St Mungo’s Church, High Street, Penicuik.

Penicuik Town Hall

Town hall

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Penicuik Town Hall, formerly the Cowan Institute, is a municipal building in the High Street, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The structure, which was the meeting place of Penicuik Burgh Council, is a Category C listed building.

St Mungo’s Church, High Street, Penicuik

Church

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St Mungo’s Church, High Street, Penicuik is situated 450 feet northeast of Pandora’s Box.

Penicuik Free Church, Peebles Road, Penicuik

Church

Photo: Dawatters, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Penicuik Free Church, Peebles Road, Penicuik is situated 1,300 feet south of Pandora’s Box.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penicuik and Auchendinny.

Penicuik

Photo: YOGAN, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Penicuik is a town in The Lothians 10 miles south of Edinburgh. It's mostly commuterland for the city, with a population of 16,200 in 2016. It has an army base and is close to the scenic Pentland Hills.

Auchendinny

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Auchendinny is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The village had a paper mill at Dalmore, until its closure in 2005. This was Midlothian's last remaining papermill and after demolition is now the site of new home development. Auchendinny is situated 2 miles northeast of Pandora’s Box.

Milton Bridge

Hamlet

Milton Bridge is a village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located two miles north of Penicuik on the Glencorse Burn and gets its name from the bridge crossing. Milton Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Pandora’s Box.

Pandora’s Box

Type: Public bookcase
Category: education
Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.82626° or 55° 49′ 35″ north

Longitude

-3.22167° or 3° 13′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C7RRQGH+G8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 692141538

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=public_bookcase

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=telephone_box

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