Heart of Scotland services, Harthill

Name: Heart of Scotland services
Address: Harthill, United Kingdom

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Heart of Scotland services, commonly referred to as Harthill services, is a motorway service station on the M8 motorway between junctions 4a & 5, at Harthill, in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is owned by Transport Scotland and is leased to BP. It used to be leased to RoadChef. The Service Station is the only one on the M8 Motorway, and can be busy, especially at peak times. ()

Coordinates: 55°51'48"N, 3°45'30"W

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Harthill United Kingdom

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Heart of Scotland services – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cairnpapple Hill, Bathgate Golf Club, Regal Community Theatre, Polkemmet Country Park.

6.9 miNE
Historical place, Field, View point
Cairnpapple Hill, Bathgate
176 min walk • 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 over about 4000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Standing Stones of Stenness.
5.1 miNE
55°53'50"N • 3°38'26"W
Bathgate Golf Club, Bathgate
131 min walk • Golf
5.1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Regal Community Theatre, Bathgate
132 min walk • The Regal Community Theatre is a Scottish cinema and venue situated in Bathgate, West Lothian. The building became a listed building in 1999 and was upgraded to Category B in 2008, the decisive factor being the plasterwork by John Alexander.
1.4 miE
Park
Polkemmet Country Park
37 min walk • Polkemmet Country Park is located 2 kilometres west of the town of Whitburn in West Lothian, Scotland and east of the village of Greenrigg. It is a 3 star Visitor Attraction. It is adjacent to the M8 motorway, 2 kilometres east of the "Heart of Scotland" services at Harthill.
4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Black Loch
104 min walk • The Black Loch is a small freshwater loch or reservoir in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. It is near the village of Limerigg and close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire. The surface area of the Black Loch was enlarged in the early 1790s.
6.4 miNE
Historical place, Church, Romanesque architecture
Torphichen Preceptory, Bathgate
164 min walk • 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.
3.8 miW
Church
Shottskirk
96 min walk • Shottskirk, more commonly known as Kirk O'Shotts Parish Church, or affectionately "The M8 Church", is a local parish church located in Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, and serves the village of Salsburgh, the town of Shotts and the hamlets in between.
4.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Bridge Castle
120 min walk • 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.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Hillend Loch
111 min walk • Hillend Loch is an artificial lake, called a loch in Scots English, located to the east of Caldercruix in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is bordered on its south shore by the A89 road.
5.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Bathgate Castle, Bathgate
137 min walk • Bathgate Castle, near Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle. It was abandoned after 1327 and only the motte survives aside from some earthworks. It was designated a scheduled monument in 1961 by Historic Environment Scotland.
2.3 miNW
Park
Blawhorn Moss
60 min walk • Blawhorn Moss is a raised bog located to the northwest of the village of Blackridge, about 6 kilometres west of Armadale in the council area of West Lothian in central Scotland.