Knightsridge ( Scots: Knichtsrig) is an area of

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West Lothian West Lothian ( sco, Wast Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Iar) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and was one of its shires of Scotland, historic counties. The county was called Linlithgowshire until 1925. The historic county was bounded geogra ...

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. Knightsridge lies to the north of the town.

History

Not long after the start of the construction of

Craigshill Craigshill is a residential area in the east of Livingston, Scotland. To the west is the A899, with Howden, Ladywell and Knightsridge beyond it, to the south is the village of Mid Calder, and to the north is Houston Industrial Estate and the vi ...

and

Howden Howden () is a market and minster town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of York to the north of the M62, on the A614 road about south-east of York and north of Goole, which lies across the Ri ...

began, the construction of Knightsridge started in 1968 and finished in 1980. Most of the first residents were placed in Knightsridge, Craigshill, Howden and

Ladywell Ladywell is a locale in Lewisham in South East London, England, and a ward in the London Borough of Lewisham between Brockley, Crofton Park and Lewisham proper. It has ample green space including Ladywell Fields and Hilly Fields which borders ...

. The streets are named after surnames with the suffix Way i.e. Davidson Way, Barclay Way, Gordon Way, Robertson Way. The area takes its name from Knightsridge House, a 19th century farmstead just to the north, whose name itself is derived from Knights Hospitallers of St John who founded the nearby

Torphichen Preceptory Torphichen Preceptory is a church in the village of Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland. It comprises the remains of the preceptory (headquarters) of the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in Scotland. The placename may be ...

near

Bathgate Bathgate ( sco, Bathket or , gd, Both Chèit) is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Linlithgow, Livingston, West Calder and Whitburn. Situated sout ...

Culture and Community

The Mosswood Community Centre provides facilities such as dance classes, brownies/cubs/beavers, local community groups, such as the Ladies of Livingston and adult education classes. There is a community garden beside the Community Centre. The Vennie is a local youth club that runs community projects focusing on young people (between the ages of 5 and 21 years) in the area. Knightsridge is home to the 12th West Lothian Scout Group. Knightsridge Woods are a 13.07 hectares (32.30 acres)

ancient woodland In the United Kingdom, an ancient woodland is a woodland that has existed continuously since 1600 or before in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland). Planting of woodland was uncommon before those dates, so a wood present in 16 ...

site, consisting primarily of

conifers Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All extan ...

managed by the

Woodland Trust The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland conservation charity in the United Kingdom and is concerned with the creation, protection, and restoration of native woodland Natural heritage, heritage. It has planted over 50 million trees since 1972 ...

Schools

Central to the community is Knightsridge Primary School and Early Years Centre. The Knightsridge Parents and Staff Association (KPSA) hold many events throughout the year open to all, not just the families and care givers of the children who attend. The school was constructed in 1973. Ogilvie School Campus is a school in Knightsridge for children with severe and complex needs in Livingston. These include complex difficulties, sensory impairments, physical disabilities and autism.

References

External links

*http://www.livingstoni.co.uk/knightsridge.htm {{coord, 55, 54, 27, N, 3, 31, 29, W, type:city(2000)_region:GB, display=title Livingston, West Lothian Populated places in West Lothian