--- title: "Whitecross – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Whitecross, United Kingdom: village 29 km from Edinburgh. Nearby: Linlithgow Palace, Avon Aqueduct, St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow. Every way…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/whitecross" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/whitecross.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Village · United Kingdom · Scotland # Whitecross What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Whitecross 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. 1. Linlithgow Palace The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are located in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries. 3.7 km · ruined palace in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linlithgow_Palace) 2. Avon Aqueduct The Avon Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon, near Linlithgow, Scotland. 1.1 km · navigable aqueduct between Falkirk and West Lothian, Scotland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avon_Aqueduct) 3. St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow, is one of the largest burgh churches in the Church of Scotland. In 2024, it united with St Ninian's Craigmailen, Torphichen Kirk and Avonbridge Church to create the new Linlithgow and Avon Valley Church. 3.7 km · church in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Parish_Church,_Linlithgow) 4. Linlithgow Loch Linlithgow Loch lies immediately north of the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. 1.3 kilometres in length and 0.4 in breadth, its area of 41 hectares makes it the largest natural freshwater loch in Lothian. 3.8 km · lake in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linlithgow_Loch) 5. Avon Viaduct The Avon Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Linlithgow, in West Lothian, Scotland. Completed in 1841, it spans the River Avon just to the west of town. 1.6 km · railway viaduct in West Lothian, Scotland · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avon_Viaduct,_Linlithgow) 6. Almond Castle Almond Castle is a ruined L-plan castle dating from the 15th century. It is located 3 miles west of Linlithgow, and north of the Union Canal, in Falkirk, Scotland. 1 km · castle in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond_Castle) 7. Muiravonside 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. 1.5 km · park in Falkirk, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muiravonside_Country_Park) 8. Cockleroy Cockleroi or Cockleroy is a prominent hill in Scotland. It is Linlithgow's local hill. 3.5 km · hill in West Lothian, Scotland, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockleroi) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Whitecross **Airports:** Edinburgh (EDI), 18 km · Glasgow (GLA), 50 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 78 km\ **Stations:** Linlithgow railway station, 4 km · Polmont railway station, 3.7 km · Birkhill railway station, 2.2 km\ - Glasgow → Whitecross 39 km · quickest by road, 43 min · £4.5–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/glasgow-to-whitecross) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Glasgow&to=Whitecross) - Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Whitecross 80 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £9–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prestwick-south-ayrshire-to-whitecross) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prestwick%2C+South+Ayrshire&to=Whitecross) - Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Whitecross 170 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £21–28 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/newcastle-upon-tyne-tyne-and-wear-to-whitecross) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Newcastle+upon+Tyne%2C+Tyne+and+Wear&to=Whitecross) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Whitecross) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Whitecross 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 Whitecross. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Grangemouth Docks are busy with freight but never had ferries. From [Wikivoyage: Polmont](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Polmont), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 102 km 2. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 109 km 3. [Isle of Jura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-jura) GB 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 135 km 4. [Isle of Coll](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/coll) GB 7 ways of moving, 16 sources 194 km 5. [The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/small-isles) GB 9 ways of moving, 20 sources 199 km If you know how people move in Whitecross – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cwhitecross&title=Whitecross&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fwhitecross), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Whitecross Whitecross is 29 km from [Edinburgh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/edinburgh), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Linlithgow](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/linlithgow) town and Royal Burgh in West Lothian, Scotland, UK 3 km - [Polmont](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/polmont) village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK 3.5 km - [Brightons](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/brightons) village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK 3.7 km - [Maddiston](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/maddiston) village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK 2.4 km - [Rumford](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rumford) village in Falkirk, Scotland, UK 3.1 km [The place page for Whitecross](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/whitecross) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/whitecross, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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