Auchendinny
Auchendinny is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland.
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.
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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.
- 01Rosslyn 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 - 02Roslin 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 - 03Castle 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 - 04Hawthornden 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 - 05Uttershill 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 - 06Wallace'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
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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 → Auchendinny67 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–9
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Auchendinny97 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £11–15
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Auchendinny139 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £18–24
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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.
- Go nextMost onward routes involve connecting via Edinburgh, but another day trip is to take the train south from Eskbank to Tweedbank.
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Auchendinny is 12 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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