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Worth seeing in and around Livingston

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.

    1.9 km · football stadium in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    2.9 km · church in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    2.8 km · house in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    5.3 km · castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    5.9 km · navigable aqueduct in West Lothian/City of Edinburgh, Scotland · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    3.9 km · country park in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    3.7 km · navigable aqueduct in West Lothian, Scotland · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    2.2 km · shopping mall in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Almond Valley Light Railway

    The Almond Valley Light Railway is a 2 ft 6 in narrow gauge heritage railway running at the Almond Valley Heritage Trust site at Livingston, Scotland. The railway operates at weekends between Easter and the end of September and daily during some school holiday periods.

    2.5 km · narrow gauge heritage railway in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Blackburn House

    Blackburn House is a category A-listed Georgian house, situated between Blackburn and Seafield near Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. The house comprises a compact central Palladian mansion house, with substantial east and west pavilions.

    5.8 km · house east of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Livingston

Airports
Edinburgh (EDI), 11 km · Glasgow (GLA), 57 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 80 km
Stations
Livingston North railway station, 1.3 km · Livingston South railway station, 3.7 km · Kirknewton railway station, 5.8 km · Uphall railway station, 2.2 km · Drumshoreland railway station, 4.1 km
  • Glasgow → Livingston
    46 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £5–6
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Livingston
    82 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £9–12
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Livingston
    159 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £20–26
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Livingston

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBy river, you take a lancha (powered boat) from Río Dulce township located at the mouth of the lake and the Río Dulce river (intersections of roads CA13 and 7E) at 9:00 and 14:30 (colectivos, 100Q) or individual time (private, around US$100).
  • Get inA ferry leaves Puerto Barrios for Livingston Monday to Saturday at sometime in the morning (sometime around 11:00, but confirm first) and at 17:00.
  • Go nextFor those about to catch a shuttle from Colifato cafe in Rio Dulce at 11:00, there's also colectivo leaving Livingston at 9:00 which makes sure you will catch the bus.
  • Go nextLa Ceiba - Rios Tropicales organize direct transfers from Livingston to La Ceiba, making sure you get the ferry to the bay islands on time before 4PM.
  • Go nextAsk for Melanie or Stephanie As well as the scheduled boats it is very easy to negotiate chartered boats with many captains around the marina.

From Wikivoyage: Livingston (Guatemala), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-02.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    107 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    117 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    144 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    210 km

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

Around it

Next door to Livingston

Livingston is 21 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Broxburntown in West Lothian, Scotland, UK4.7 km
  • Dechmontvillage in West Lothian, Scotland, UK2.2 km
  • Mid Caldervillage in West Lothian, Scotland, UK2.9 km
  • Polbethvillage in West Lothian, Scotland, UK5.2 km
  • East Caldertown in West Lothian, Scotland, UK3.8 km
  • Seafieldvillage in West Lothian, Scotland, UK5 km