The Monktons

The Monktons is in East Lothian, Scotland. The Monktons is situated nearby to Millerhill Park, as well as near Monkton Gardens.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shawfair railway station and Musselburgh railway station.

Shawfair railway station

Railway station

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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 3,600 feet west of The Monktons.

Musselburgh railway station

Railway station

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Musselburgh railway station serves the town of Musselburgh, in East Lothian, Scotland. It was opened by British Rail in 1988; it lies on the East Coast Main Line, 5+1⁄4 miles east of Edinburgh Waverley, and the North Berwick Line. Musselburgh railway station is situated 1¼ miles north of The Monktons.

Millerhill Marshalling Yard

Millerhill Marshalling Yard is a traction maintenance depot located in Millerhill, Scotland. The depot is situated on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway and was near Millerhill station until it closed. The depot code is MH. Millerhill Marshalling Yard is situated 2,600 feet northwest of The Monktons.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcraighall and Whitecraig.

Newcraighall

Village

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Newcraighall is a South-Eastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. A former mining village, its prosperity was based on the Midlothian coalfields. The Newcraighall pit was known as 'Klondyke' and closed in the 1960s, work transferring to nearby Bilston Glen and in particular the last-to-close Monktonhall pit.

Whitecraig

Village

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Whitecraig is a village in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies between Musselburgh and Dalkeith, to the east of the city of Edinburgh. In 2022 it had a population of 1330.