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East Calder

East Calder is a village located in West Lothian, Scotland, about one mile east of Mid Calder and one mile west of Wilkieston.

East Calder
East Calder · Image: WMrapidsSculpture: Alexander Calder
The place

East Calder is a village located in West Lothian, Scotland, about one mile east of Mid Calder and one mile west of Wilkieston. It forms part of 'the Calders, three small neighbouring communities situated west of Edinburgh and south of the town of Livingston.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around East Calder

10 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
    Almondvale Stadium

    Almondvale Stadium, also known as the Home of the Set Fare Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium, located in the Almondvale area of Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. It has been the home ground of Scottish Championship club Livingston since 1995, and has an all-seater capacity of 9,713.

    4 km · football stadium in West Lothian, 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.

    2.5 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.

    2.7 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.

    3.2 km · navigable aqueduct in West Lothian/City of Edinburgh, Scotland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Mid Calder Parish Church

    Kirk of Calder is a medieval church in Mid Calder, West Lothian. It is listed as a Category A building by Historic Environment Scotland.

    1.4 km · church in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Calder House

    Calder House is a historic Scottish country house in Mid Calder, Scotland, the family seat of the Sandilands family since 1348, and deemed to be one of the great Renaissance houses of Scotland.

    1.6 km · house in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Livingston Designer Outlet

    Livingston Designer Outlet is the largest outlet mall in Scotland, and opened in October 2000 under the ownership of McArthur Glen as McArthur Glen Livingston Designer Outlet and sits opposite the popular The Centre shopping centre. The glass roof reminiscent of the Crystal Palace was designed by an architect called Don Hisaka.

    3.9 km · shopping mall in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Almondell and Calderwood Country Park

    Almondell and Calderwood Country Park is a 220-acre Country Park in Mid Calder and East Calder in West Lothian, Scotland. It is a 4 star Visitor Attraction.

    600 m · country park in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Almondell Aqueduct

    The Almondell Aqueduct is a dual-purpose bridge in West Lothian, Scotland that crosses the River Almond. The bridge carries the Almond Feeder which supplies water to the Union Canal and the National Cycle Route 75.

    600 m · navigable aqueduct in West Lothian, Scotland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    West Lothian Civic Centre

    West Lothian Civic Centre is a municipal building on Howden South Road in Livingston, West Lothian in Scotland. The building serves as the offices and meeting place of West Lothian Council as well as the venue for hearings of Livingston Sheriff Court.

    3.5 km · municipal building in Scotland · 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 East Calder

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 8 km · Glasgow (GLA), 61 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 83 km
Stations
Livingston South railway station, 3.7 km · Uphall railway station, 3.6 km · Kirknewton railway station, 2 km · Drumshoreland railway station, 2.8 km
  • Glasgow → East Calder
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → East Calder
    84 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £9–13
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → East Calder
    155 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £19–25
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for East Calder

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 East Calder. 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

    111 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    121 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    148 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    214 km

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

Around it

Next door to East Calder

East Calder is 18 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.