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Gorebridge

Gorebridge is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland.

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The place

Gorebridge is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Borthwick 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
  2. 02
    Dalhousie 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
  3. 03
    Crichton 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
  4. 04
    Arniston 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
  5. 05
    National 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
  6. 06
    Newbattle 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
  7. 07
    Crichton 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
  8. 08
    Cockpen 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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Go there

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 → Gorebridge
    76 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Gorebridge
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £12–16
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Gorebridge
    133 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £14–19
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextMost onward routes involve connecting via Edinburgh, but another day trip is to take the train south from Eskbank to Tweedbank.

From Wikivoyage: Dalkeith, 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

    134 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    147 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    174 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    238 km

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

Around it

Next door to Gorebridge

Gorebridge is 15 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Mayfieldcommunity in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.2 km
  • 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