Midhope Castle
Midhope Castle is a late 16th-century tower house in Scotland. It is situated in the hamlet of Abercorn on the Hopetoun estate, About 4 kilometres to the west of South Queensferry, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. It is a Category A listed building.Photo: Camer01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Abercorn Church and Abercorn Hogback.
Abercorn Church
Church
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abercorn Church is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Midhope Castle.
Abercorn Hogback
Historic site
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
Abercorn Hogback is a historic site, which is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Midhope Castle.
House of the Binns
Castle
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The House of the Binns, or simply the Binns, is a historic house and estate in West Lothian, Scotland, the seat of the Dalyell baronets and family. It dates principally from the early 17th century and was gifted to the National Trust for Scotland in 1944 by Eleanor Dalyell. House of the Binns is situated 1¼ miles west of Midhope Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abercorn and Blackness.
Abercorn
Village
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Abercorn is a village and civil parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around 5 km west of South Queensferry. The parish had a population of 458 at the 2011 Census.
Blackness
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackness is a small village and harbour at Blackness Bay, an inlet of the Firth of Forth in Scotland. It lies 3.4 mi east-southeast of Bo'ness, 5.0 mi west-northwest of South Queensferry and 3.8 mi north-east of Linlithgow, within the council area of Falkirk. Blackness is situated 1½ miles northwest of Midhope Castle.
Philpstoun
Village
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Philpstoun is a small village in West Lothian, Scotland, situated roughly 2 miles east of the historic county town of Linlithgow. The village originated in the oil shale mining boom of the 19th century. Philpstoun is situated 2 miles southwest of Midhope Castle.
Midhope Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Categories: Tower House, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.99215° or 55° 59′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.48784° or 3° 29′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C7RXGR6+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 407107655OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q6842247
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Midhope Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Midhope gaztelua”
- French: “Midhope Castle”
- German: “Lallybroch”
- German: “Midhope Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת מידהופ”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Midhope”
- Russian: “Замок Мидхоуп”
- Russian: “Мидхоуп”
- Slovak: “Broch Tuarach”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Midhope”
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Highlights include West Shore Wood and Abercorn Churchyard.
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