Cockpen Tower
Cockpen Tower is a tower in Midlothian, Scotland. Cockpen Tower is situated nearby to Lasswade Archery Club, as well as near the building Dalhousie Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Newtongrange railway station is situated 2,200 feet east of Cockpen Tower.
Dalhousie Castle
Building
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. Dalhousie Castle is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Cockpen Tower.
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 2,400 feet northwest of Cockpen Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtongrange and Hopefield.
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.
Hopefield
Suburb
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Hopefield is an area in the south of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, occupied by a mid-20th century residential neighbourhood and by an early-21st century, ongoing housing development, built on land dating back to 17th century Polton South Mains Farm.
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.
Cockpen Tower
- Type: Tower
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86275° or 55° 51′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.07895° or 3° 4′ 44″ westOpen location code
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