The Old Colliery

The Old Colliery is a pub in Midlothian, Scotland which is located on Wester Shawfair. The Old Colliery is situated nearby to the sports venue David Lloyd Edinburgh Shawfair, as well as near Shawfair Park Hospital.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shawfair railway station and Craigmillar Castle.

Shawfair railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shawfair is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 5 miles 64 chains southeast of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the villages of Danderhall and Shawfair in Midlothian, Scotland. Shawfair railway station is situated 1 mile northeast of The Old Colliery.

Craigmillar Castle

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Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is three miles south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar. Craigmillar Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of The Old Colliery.

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Hospital

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The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. It was established in 1729. After moving to a new site in 1879, it claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later, in the British Empire. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Old Colliery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Danderhall and Ferniehill.

Danderhall

Village

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Danderhall is a village in Midlothian, Scotland, just outside Edinburgh but inside the Edinburgh City Bypass.

Ferniehill

Neighborhood

Ferniehill is a residential neighbourhood of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Primarily a low-density 1960s council estate with two small public parks, it is situated in the south-east of the city, lying immediately south of the slightly older Fernieside neighbourhood, east of Moredun, and to the north of Gilmerton's main street, where most local amenities are located.

Gilmerton

Suburb

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gilmerton is a village and suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles southeast of the city centre. The toponym "Gilmerton" is derived from a combination of Scottish Gaelic: Gille-Moire– a personal name and later surname meaning "Servant of Mary", from which comes the first element, "Gilmer", – and Old English: ton meaning "settlement" or "farmstead".

The Old Colliery

Type: Pub
Address: 22 Wester Shawfair, Dalkeith, EH22 1FD
Category: building
Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.90653° or 55° 54′ 24″ north

Longitude

-3.1006° or 3° 6′ 2″ west

Brand

Marston’s

Operator

Marston’s

Open location code

9C7RWV4X+JQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 264339869

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=pub

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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