Mayfield
Worth seeing in and around Mayfield
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.
- 01Dalhousie Castle
Dalhousie Castle is a castle in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Dalhousie Castle is situated near the town of Bonnyrigg, 8 miles south of Edinburgh.
3 km · castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Newbattle Abbey
Newbattle Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Newbattle in Midlothian, Scotland, which subsequently became a stately home and then an educational institution.
2.9 km · abbey in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Dalkeith Palace
Dalkeith Palace is a country house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It was the seat of the Dukes of Buccleuch from 1642 until 1914, and is owned by the Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust.
3.6 km · historic house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04National 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.
2.1 km · mining museum in Midlothian, Scotland · Wikipedia - 05St David's Church
St David's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It was founded in 1854 by Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian.
3.1 km · church in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Oxenfoord Castle
Oxenfoord Castle is a country house in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located 1 kilometre north of Pathhead, Midlothian, and 6 kilometres south-east of Dalkeith, above the Tyne Water.
3.8 km · country house in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Vogrie House
Vogrie House forms the centrepiece of Vogrie Country Park in Midlothian. It was built for James Dewar and his family in 1876 by Andrew Heiton, the town architect for Perth.
3.3 km · building in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Dalkeith Tolbooth
Dalkeith Tolbooth is a historic building on the High Street in Dalkeith, Scotland. The building, which was previously the meeting place of the burgh council, is a Category A listed building.
3.2 km · town hall of Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Corn Exchange
The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the High Street, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. The structure, which is now used as a museum, is a Category A listed building.
3.2 km · corn exchange, later dance hall, in Dalkeith, Scotland · Wikipedia - 10Newbattle 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.
2.4 km · railway bridge in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mayfield
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 23 km · Glasgow (GLA), 87 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 105 km
- Stations
- Newtongrange railway station, 2 km · Gorebridge railway station, 3.5 km · Eskbank railway station, 3 km · Bonnyrigg railway station, 3.9 km
- Glasgow → Mayfield76 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Mayfield107 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £13–17
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Mayfield134 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £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 Mayfield
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 Mayfield. 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 Mayfield
Mayfield is 13 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Midlothiancouncil area of Scotland3.1 km
- Dalkeithtown in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.1 km
- Gorebridgevillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK3.2 km
- Newbattlevillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK2.7 km
- Newtongrangevillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK1.8 km
- Easthousesvillage in Midlothian, Scotland, UK1 km