West Linton

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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. Many of its residents are commuters, owing to the village's proximity to Edinburgh, which is 16 miles to the north east. West Linton has a long history, and holds an annual traditional festival called The Whipman Play. ()

Alternative names: Population: 1.5 thous.Coordinates: 55°45'10"N, 3°19'35"W

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West Linton – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Penicuik House, The Great Polish Map of Scotland, West Water Reservoir, Cairns Castle.

5.5 miNE
Historical place, Architecture, Cafe
Penicuik House, Penicuik
140 min walk • Penicuik House survives as the shell of a formerly grand estate house in Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The 18th-century palladian mansion was built on the site of an earlier house by Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet.
5.1 miSE
Memorial
The Great Polish Map of Scotland
131 min walk • The Great Polish Map of Scotland is a large three-dimensional, outdoor concrete scale model of Scotland, located in the grounds of the Barony Castle Hotel, outside the village of Eddleston near Peebles in the Scottish Borders.
3.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
West Water Reservoir
82 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.
7.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Cairns Castle
185 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.
5.2 miS
Forts and castles
Drochil Castle
133 min walk • Drochil Castle is a ruined castle in the Scottish Borders. It is located above the Lyne Water, 10 kilometres north-west of Peebles, and 8 kilometres south of West Linton.
3.6 miW
Park
Pentland Hills
93 min walk • 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.
6.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Uttershill Castle, Penicuik
164 min walk • Uttershill Castle is a ruinous 16th-century tower house, about 0.5 miles south of Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, south of the river North Esk, and west of the Black Burn. Alternative names are Utters Hill and Outtershill Castle.
3.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Baddinsgill Reservoir
89 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.
4.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Brunstane Castle
114 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.