Torphichen
Torphichen is a historic small village located north of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland.
Torphichen is a historic small village located north of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. The village is approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of Edinburgh, 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Falkirk and 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Linlithgow. The village had a population of 570 in the and a population of 710 in 2016. Torphichen's placename may be Gaelic in origin, e.g., "Tóir Féichín", Tor Fithichean, or partly from Brythonic "tre fychan" or small hill.
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Worth seeing in and around Torphichen
8 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.
- 01Cairnpapple Hill
Cairnpapple Hill is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and re-used as a major ritual site for around 4,000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Standing Stones of Stenness.
2.1 km · Neolithic henge monument · Wikipedia - 02Avon Aqueduct
The Avon Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon, near Linlithgow, Scotland.
3.4 km · navigable aqueduct between Falkirk and West Lothian, Scotland · Wikipedia - 03Torphichen Preceptory
Torphichen Preceptory is a church in the village of Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland. It comprises the remains of the preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Scotland.
100 m · church in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Creamery Park
Creamery Park is a football ground located in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. It serves as the home ground of East Region Super League outfit Bathgate Thistle.
3.9 km · stadium in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Beecraigs
Beecraigs is a country park in West Lothian, approximately 2 miles south of the town of Linlithgow and 3 miles north-east of Bathgate and is a 4 star Visitor Attraction. The Park comprises around 913 acres of upland forest, woodland and open country, and offers a range of amenities including walks & trails, play area, skills area & mountain bike trails, BBQ hire, caravan & camping site including 2 lodges, Countryside Ranger Service, animal attraction, fly fishery, Visitor Centre and Cafe.
4 km · country park in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Cockleroy
Cockleroi or Cockleroy is a prominent hill in Scotland. It is Linlithgow's local hill.
2.9 km · hill in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Bridge Castle
Bridge Castle is an L-plan castle, dating from the 16th century, standing on a rocky site 3 miles north west of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland, on the west of the Barbauchlaw Burn. The former name of the castle was Little Brighouse.
2.8 km · castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Muiravonside Country Park
Muiravonside Country Park is 170 acres of woodland and parkland open to the public all year round with marked trails, picnic sites and a play area. It is situated in the south-east corner of Falkirk, approximately 1 mile south of Maddiston, 2 miles south-east of Linlithgow and about 4 miles north of Armadale and Bathgate.
2.9 km · park in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Torphichen
- Airports
- Edinburgh (EDI), 18 km · Glasgow (GLA), 49 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 75 km
- Stations
- Bathgate railway station, 3.9 km · Bathgate (Lower) railway station, 3.3 km
- Glasgow → Torphichen38 km · quickest by road, 55 min · £4.5–6
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Torphichen77 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £9–12
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Torphichen167 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £21–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Torphichen
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 Torphichen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inGrangemouth Docks are busy with freight but never had ferries.
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Next door to Torphichen
Torphichen is 29 km from Edinburgh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bathgatetown in West Lothian, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Westfieldvillage in the parish of Torphichen in West Lothian, Scotland, UK3 km
- Ballencrieff Tollhamlet in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK2.4 km