Gorebridge
Gorebridge is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland.

Gorebridge is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Gorebridge
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.
- 01Borthwick Castle
Borthwick Castle is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval Scottish fortifications. It is located twelve miles south-east of Edinburgh, to the east of the village of Borthwick, on a site protected on three sides by a steep fall in the ground.
3.3 km · castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Dalhousie Castle
Dalhousie Castle is a castle in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Dalhousie Castle is situated near the town of Bonnyrigg, 8 miles south of Edinburgh.
2.8 km · castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Crichton Castle
Crichton Castle is a ruined castle near the village of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. It is situated at the head of the River Tyne, 2 miles south of the village of Pathhead, and the same distance east of Gorebridge.
3.7 km · archaeological site in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Arniston House
Arniston House is a historic house in Midlothian, Scotland, near the village of Temple. This Georgian mansion was designed by William Adam in 1726 for Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the elder, the Lord President of the Court of Session.
3.1 km · country house in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05National Mining Museum Scotland
The National Mining Museum Scotland was created in 1984, to preserve the physical surface remains of Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland. The colliery, sunk by the Lothian Coal Company in 1890, came into production in 1894.
2.2 km · mining museum in Midlothian, Scotland · Wikipedia - 06Newbattle Viaduct
The Newbattle Viaduct, sometimes also called the Lothianbridge, Newtongrange or Dalhousie Viaduct, carries the Borders Railway, which opened in 2015, over the River South Esk near Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland.
3.6 km · railway bridge in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Crichton Collegiate Church
Crichton Collegiate Church is situated about 0.6 miles south-west of the hamlet of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland.
3.7 km · church in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church, Bonnyrigg
Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church is located to the south of the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.
3.5 km · church in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gorebridge
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 23 km · Glasgow (GLA), 86 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 103 km
- Stations
- Gorebridge railway station, 400 m · Newtongrange railway station, 2.9 km
- Glasgow → Gorebridge76 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Gorebridge106 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £12–16
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Gorebridge133 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £14–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gorebridge
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 Gorebridge. 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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Next door to Gorebridge
Gorebridge is 15 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Newtongrangevillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.9 km
- North Middletonvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.1 km
- Borthwickvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.2 km
- Templevillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK4 km
- Easthousesvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.9 km