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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
Polbeth · Alan Gold from Polbeth, Scotland
The place

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

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  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.

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

    3.4 km · shopping mall in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    2.9 km · narrow gauge heritage railway in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    3.2 km · house east of Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    West 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
  6. 06
    The 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
  7. 07
    Murieston 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
  8. 08
    Museum 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
  9. 09
    Five 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
  10. 10
    West 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 → Polbeth
    44 km · quickest by road, 1h · £4.5–6
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Polbeth
    78 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £9–12
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Polbeth
    157 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £20–27
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Not yet researched

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.

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

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    104 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    115 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    142 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

    211 km

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

Around it

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