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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.

  1. 01
    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.

    3 km · castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Newbattle 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
  3. 03
    Dalkeith 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
  4. 04
    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.

    2.1 km · mining museum in Midlothian, Scotland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St 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
  6. 06
    Oxenfoord 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
  7. 07
    Vogrie 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
  8. 08
    Dalkeith 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
  9. 09
    Corn 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
  10. 10
    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.

    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 → Mayfield
    76 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Mayfield
    107 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £13–17
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Mayfield
    134 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £14–19
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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.

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

    135 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    148 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

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    237 km

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

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Next door to Mayfield

Mayfield is 13 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.