Serpentine Wood

Serpentine Wood is a forest in Midlothian, Scotland. Serpentine Wood is situated near the suburb Cornbank, as well as near Broomhill.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Uttershill Castle and Carnethy Hill.

Uttershill Castle

Castle

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Uttershill Castle is a ruinous 16th-century tower house, about 0.5 miles south of Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, south of the river North Esk, and west of the Black Burn. Alternative names are Utters Hill and Outtershill Castle.

Carnethy Hill

Peak

Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carnethy Hill, the second highest of the Pentland Hills, is a hill 3 miles north-west of Penicuik, Scotland. It lends its name to the Carnethy 5 hill race held annually since 1971, and the Carnethy Hill Running Club. Loganlea Reservoir lies on the northwest flank of the hill.

Penicuik Free Church, Peebles Road, Penicuik

Church

Photo: Dawatters, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.