Broxburn
Broxburn is a town in West Lothian, Scotland.
Broxburn is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is 12 miles (19 km) from the West End of Edinburgh, 5 miles (8.0 km) from Edinburgh Airport and 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north of Livingston. Originally a village known as Easter Strathbock in the medieval period, by 1600, the village had become known as Broxburn. The area developed rapidly during the Victorian era as a result of industrialisation related to shale oil extraction. While much of the industry in the area is now diminished, the town has continued to grow following new residential development, resulting in Broxburn forming a conurbation with neighbouring Uphall. It lies just to the south of Winchburgh.
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Getting to Broxburn
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 6 km · Glasgow (GLA), 60 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 84 km
- Glasgow → Broxburn50 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £5–7
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Broxburn86 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Broxburn159 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £19–26
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No local-transport research exists yet for Broxburn
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 Broxburn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Edinburgh, follow A90 west then branch off onto B924, the old road to the ferry.
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Next door to Broxburn
Broxburn is 17 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.