Bathgate Hills

Bathgate Hills is a region in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cairnpapple Hill and Linlithgow railway station.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and re-used as a major ritual site for around 4,000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the .

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the town of in , . It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, and is also served by ScotRail services from to .

Peak
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or Cockleroy is a prominent hill in . It is 's local hill. On its top there are some remains of an Iron Age's hill fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Linlithgow and Livingston.

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is a small town in in central lowland Scotland, 20 miles west of Edinburgh. It's a commuter town for the city, with a population in 2020 of 12,840.

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is a large town in in the central belt of Scotland, built as a "New Town" from 1963. In 2022 it had a population of 55,800.

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is a village five miles east of Falkirk in in central Scotland. It's mainly a commuter village for Edinburgh and Stirling. Grangemouth just north is a busy port and petrochemical town, also described on this page.

Bathgate Hills

Latitude
55.9362° or 55° 56′ 10″ north
Longitude
-3.6116° or 3° 36′ 42″ west
Open location code
9C7RW9PQ+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1433190444
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
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Satellite Map

Discover Bathgate Hills from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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