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Auchendinny

Auchendinny is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland.

The place

Auchendinny is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The village had a paper mill at Dalmore, until its closure in 2005. This was Midlothian's last remaining papermill and after demolition is now the site of new home development. Nearby Auchendinny House was the last country house designed by gentleman architect Sir William Bruce.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Auchendinny

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin

    Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness with a ground-breaking ceremony in 1456.

    2.2 km · chapel in Roslin, Midlothian · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Roslin Castle

    Roslin Castle is a partially ruined castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located around 9 mi south of Edinburgh, on the north bank of the North Esk, only a few hundred metres from the famous Rosslyn Chapel.

    2.1 km · castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Castle Law

    Castle Law is a hill south west of Fairmilehead in the Pentland Hills in Midlothian, Scotland. It is best known for the Iron Age hill fort on its slopes.

    3.1 km · hill in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Hawthornden Castle

    Hawthornden Castle is located on the River North Esk in Midlothian, Scotland. The castle lies a mile to the east of Roslin at grid reference NT287637, and is just downstream from Roslin Castle.

    3.5 km · castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Uttershill Castle

    Uttershill Castle is a ruinous 16th-century tower house, about 0.5 miles south of Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, south of the river North Esk, and west of the Black Burn. Alternative names are Utters Hill and Outtershill Castle.

    3.2 km · tower house in Penicuik, Scotland · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Wallace's Cave

    Wallace's Cave is situated in Roslin Glen, in Midlothian, Scotland beside the River North Esk. It is also known as Hawthornden Castle Cave, after the nearby castle.

    2.8 km · cave in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Auchendinny

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 16 km · Glasgow (GLA), 77 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 95 km
Stations
Auchendinny railway station, 500 m · Esk Bridge railway station, 1.9 km · Rosewell and Hawthornden railway station, 3.6 km · Rosslyn Castle railway station, 1.7 km
  • Glasgow → Auchendinny
    67 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–9
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Auchendinny
    97 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £11–15
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Auchendinny
    139 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £18–24
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Auchendinny

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Auchendinny. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextMost onward routes involve connecting via Edinburgh, but another day trip is to take the train south from Eskbank to Tweedbank.

From Wikivoyage: Dalkeith, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    125 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    138 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    165 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    226 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    231 km

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Around it

Next door to Auchendinny

Auchendinny is 12 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Easter Howgatevillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.3 km
  • Milton Bridgehuman settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, UK600 m
  • GlencorseScottish parish in Midlothian, Scotland, UK900 m