Polbeth
Polbeth is a former oil shale mining village located about a mile from West Calder, and not far from Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.

Polbeth is a former oil shale mining village located about a mile from West Calder, and not far from Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
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Worth seeing in and around Polbeth
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.
- 01Almondvale 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.
3.6 km · football stadium in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Livingston 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.
3.4 km · shopping mall in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Almond 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.
2.9 km · narrow gauge heritage railway in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Blackburn 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.
3.2 km · house east of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05West Lothian Civic Centre
West Lothian Civic Centre is a municipal building on Howden South Road in Livingston, West Lothian in Scotland. The building serves as the offices and meeting place of West Lothian Council as well as the venue for hearings of Livingston Sheriff Court.
3.9 km · municipal building in Scotland · Wikipedia - 06The Centre
The Centre is the name of a shopping centre in Livingston, Scotland. Formerly known as 'Livingston Regional Centre' before becoming the more widely recognised 'Almondvale Shopping Centre' and then to its current name.
3.7 km · shopping centre in Livingston, Scotland · Wikipedia - 07Murieston Castle
Murieston Castle is a ruined tower house, dating from the 16th century, 2 miles west of West Calder, west of the Murieston Water, at Murieston Castle Farm, West Lothian, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument and between 1971 and 2018 it was a Category B listed building.
2.2 km · ruined tower house at Murieston Castle Farm, West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry
The Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry was created in 1990, to preserve the history of the shale industry in West Lothian and beyond. It is sited on a former mill at Millfield, near Livingston, Scotland.
2.9 km · museum in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Five Sisters Zoo
Five Sisters Zoo is a privately owned zoological park located in Polbeth, West Calder. The zoo was founded by Brian and Shirley Curran and originally operated as an attraction within their garden centre on the same site.
600 m · British Zoo · Wikipedia - 10West Lothian College
West Lothian College is a further and higher education institution in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland. The Principal of the college is Jackie Galbraith, who was previously Vice-Principal at Ayrshire College.
3.3 km · College in Livingston, Scotland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Polbeth
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 15 km · Glasgow (GLA), 55 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 75 km
- Stations
- Livingston South railway station, 3.6 km · Addiewell railway station, 3.7 km · West Calder railway station, 1 km · Harburn railway station, 2.8 km
- Glasgow → Polbeth44 km · quickest by road, 1h · £4.5–6
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Polbeth78 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £9–12
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Polbeth157 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £20–27
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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.
No local-transport research exists yet for Polbeth
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 Polbeth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Polbeth – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Polbeth
Polbeth is 25 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Livingstontown in West Lothian, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- West Caldertown in West Lothian, Scotland, UK1.2 km
- Addiewellvillage in West Lothian, Scotland, UK3.7 km
- Seafieldvillage in West Lothian, Scotland, UK2.9 km
- Livingston Villagevillage in West Lothian, Scotland, UK3.3 km
- Bellsquarryvillage, suburb of Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, UK2 km