Pentland Hills

#3571 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Pentland Hills are a range of hills southwest of Edinburgh, Scotland. The range is around twenty miles in length, and runs southwest from Edinburgh towards Biggar and the upper Clydesdale. ()

Alternative names: Maximum elevation: 104987 ftCoordinates: 55°46'0"N, 3°25'0"W

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Pentland Hills – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: West Water Reservoir, Little Sparta, Scald Law, Cairns Castle.

0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
West Water Reservoir
19 min walk • West Water Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in the Pentland Hills, Scottish Borders, 3 kilometres west of West Linton, and 26 kilometres south west of Edinburgh.
4.6 miSW
Park
Little Sparta
119 min walk • Little Sparta is a garden at Dunsyre in the Pentland Hills in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, created by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay and his wife Sue Finlay, since 1966. The 5-acre Arcadian garden includes concrete poetry in sculptural form, polemic, and philosophical aphorisms, together with sculptures and two temples.
6.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Scald Law
174 min walk • Scald Law is a hill in Midlothian, Scotland. At 579 metres it is the highest of the Pentland Hills. The hill is composed of Devonian volcanic rock.
4.5 miN
Forts and castles
Cairns Castle
116 min walk • Cairns Castle is a ruined keep, dating from the 15th century. It is located on the northern slope of the Pentland Hills, around 6.5 miles south west of Balerno, at the south west end of Harperrig Reservoir, in West Lothian, Scotland.
4.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Harperrig Reservoir
122 min walk • Harperrig Reservoir is a reservoir in West Lothian, Scotland, to the north of the Pentland Hills, four miles south of Mid Calder. The Water of Leith flows through it, and nearby are Harlaw Reservoir and Threipmuir Reservoir.
7.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Carnethy Hill
197 min walk • Carnethy Hill, the second highest of the Pentland Hills, is a hill 3 miles north-west of Penicuik, Scotland. It lends its name to the Carnethy 5 hill race held annually since 1971, and the Carnethy Hill Running Club.
1.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Baddinsgill Reservoir
45 min walk • Baddinsgill Reservoir is a small reservoir in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland close to Carlops, West Linton, and the boundary with Midlothian. It is close to Baddinsgill House.
3.6 miE
Village
West Linton
93 min walk • West Linton is a village and civil parish in southern Scotland, on the A702. It was formerly in the county of Peeblesshire, but since local government re-organisation in the mid-1990s it is now part of Scottish Borders.
6.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Brunstane Castle
160 min walk • Brunstane Castle is a ruined tower house, dating from the 16th century, around 2 miles south-west of Penicuik, on the north bank of the North Esk, in Midlothian, Scotland. It is not to be confused with Brunstane House, Edinburgh.