Bathgate

Worth seeing in and around Bathgate

8 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
   Cairnpapple Hill

   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.

   3.1 km · Neolithic henge monument · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Torphichen Preceptory

   Torphichen Preceptory is a church in the village of Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland. It comprises the remains of the preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Scotland.

   3.6 km · church in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Creamery Park

   Creamery Park is a football ground located in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. It serves as the home ground of East Region Super League outfit Bathgate Thistle.

   900 m · stadium in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Blackburn House

   Blackburn House is a category A-listed Georgian house, situated between Blackburn and Seafield near Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. The house comprises a compact central Palladian mansion house, with substantial east and west pavilions.

   4.3 km · house east of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Dechmont Law

   Disambiguation: the name Dechmont, and an associated "Dechmont Hill" are also places near Cambuslang in Scotland 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.

   6 km · hill in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Bridge Castle

   Bridge Castle is an L-plan castle, dating from the 16th century, standing on a rocky site 3 miles north west of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland, on the west of the Barbauchlaw Burn. The former name of the castle was Little Brighouse.

   3.6 km · castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Pyramids

   The Pyramids are a land sculpture alongside the M8 motorway at Bathgate. Originally named the "Sawtooth Ramps", it was sponsored by Motorola and formed part of the M8 Art Project.

   2.7 km · land sculpture location in Bathgate, in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Cockleroy

   Cockleroi or Cockleroy is a prominent hill in Scotland. It is Linlithgow's local hill.

   5.7 km · hill in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bathgate

Airports

Edinburgh (EDI), 18 km · Glasgow (GLA), 49 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 74 km

Stations

Bathgate railway station, 400 m · Armadale railway station, 3.6 km · Bathgate (Lower) railway station, 500 m · Bathgate (Upper) railway station, 500 m · Livingston railway station, 5 km

• Glasgow → Bathgate

  38 km · quickest by road, 52 min · £4–5
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Bathgate

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £8–11
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Bathgate

  164 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £20–27
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