Old Wood
Old Wood is a forest in West Lothian, Scotland. Old Wood is situated nearby to the locality South Mains, as well as near the hamlet North Mains.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cairnpapple Hill and Dechmont Law.
Cairnpapple Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Cairnpapple Hill 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 Standing Stones of Stenness.
Dechmont Law
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Taras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dechmont Law is a hill in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. It lies around 700 yards southwest of the village of Dechmont, which provides its name. It is known locally as "Decky Hill" or as "Dechmont Hill".
Beecraigs
Park
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beecraigs is a country park in West Lothian, approximately 2 miles south of the town of Linlithgow and 3 miles north-east of Bathgate and is a 4 star Visitor Attraction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Linlithgow and Livingston.
Linlithgow
Photo: Xenophule, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Linlithgow is a small town in The Lothians 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.
Livingston
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Livingston is a large town in West Lothian in the central belt of Scotland, built as a "New Town" from 1963. In 2022 it had a population of 55,800.
Bathgate
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bathgate is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, 5 miles west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Linlithgow, Livingston, and West Calder.
Old Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9267° or 55° 55′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.5842° or 3° 35′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C7RWCG8+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 940444887OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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