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Burnwynd

Burnwynd is a village on the border between the City of Edinburgh council area and West Lothian, Scotland.

The place

Burnwynd is a village on the border between the City of Edinburgh council area and West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the A71 road. Burnwynd is home to approximately twenty houses and also Hatton Tennis Club. Old documents also place Robert Burns in Burnwynd on several trips out of Edinburgh.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Burnwynd

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
    Malleny Garden

    The Malleny House and Garden is an historic house and garden owned by the National Trust for Scotland in Balerno, 6 mi southwest of Edinburgh. The gardens are notable for its large yew trees, as well as one of the largest rose collections in Scotland.

    3.9 km · walled garden and woodland estate landscape in Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Illieston Castle

    Illieston House, also known as Illieston Castle, is a castle located in West Lothian, Scotland, by the River Almond near Broxburn. It was built around 1600 and features a T-plan design with gabled dormers and a staircase tower.

    3.4 km · castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Jupiter Artland

    Jupiter Artland is a contemporary sculpture park and art gallery outside the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Jupiter Artland Foundation is a registered charity that is supported by classes, workshops, events, ticket sales, and donations.

    2.1 km · sculpture garden and art gallery in the west of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Almond Aqueduct

    The Almond Aqueduct, also known as the Lin's Mill Aqueduct, is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Almond in Scotland, west of Ratho, Edinburgh.

    3.4 km · navigable aqueduct in West Lothian/City of Edinburgh, Scotland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Hatton House

    Haltoun House, usually known as Hatton House,, was a Scottish baronial mansion set in a park, with extensive estates in the vicinity of Ratho, in the west of Edinburgh City Council area, Scotland. It was formerly in Midlothian, and it was extensively photographed by Country Life in September 1911.

    400 m · house in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bonnington Aqueduct

    The Bonnington Aqueduct is an aqueduct on the Union Canal, to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

    2.9 km · aqueduct on the Union Canal, to the west of Edinburgh, 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.

Go there

Getting to Burnwynd

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 5 km · Glasgow (GLA), 65 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 87 km
Stations
Kirknewton railway station, 3 km · Balerno railway station, 3.7 km
  • Glasgow → Burnwynd
    54 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £6–8
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Burnwynd
    89 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £10–13
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Burnwynd
    152 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £19–25
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Burnwynd

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 Burnwynd. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom Edinburgh, follow A90 west then branch off onto B924, the old road to the ferry.

From Wikivoyage: South Queensferry, 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

    115 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    126 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    152 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    217 km

If you know how people move in Burnwynd – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Burnwynd

Burnwynd is 13 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Rathovillage in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK2.3 km
  • Balernovillage in City of Edinburgh Council, Scotland, UK3.8 km
  • Kirknewtonvillage in West Lothian, Scotland, UK2.4 km
  • Ratho Stationvillage in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK3.8 km
  • Clifton Hall Schoolschool in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK3.3 km
  • Dalmahoyhotel in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK1.3 km