Wilkieston is a small village in
West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the
A71 road
The A71 is a major road in Scotland linking Edinburgh with Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. It adjoins the Livingston Bypass A899.
It runs south west from Edinburgh for approximately 70 miles, through Saughton, Wilkieston and south of Livingston, ...
, north of
Kirknewton, south-west of
Ratho
Ratho ( gd, Ràthach) is a village in the Rural West Edinburgh area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Its population at the 2011 census was 1,634 based on the 2010 definition of the locality. It was formerly in the old county of Midlothian. Ratho Stati ...
and east of
Livingston.
To the north-west of the village is
Bonnington House
Bonnington House is a 19th-century country house near Wilkieston, around west of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a category A listed building.
The house was built in 1622, and was the home of the Foulis Baronets of Colinton. Si ...
, a 19th-century country house.
To the north-east of the village are the remains of
Hatton House, medieval home of the Lauder family, which was demolished in 1955.
Linburn Park was a country house and estate in Wilkeston, located to the south of the village that was demolished in 1955.
The estate is now home to the
Linburn Centre, which is run by charity
Scottish War Blinded
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
. The centre provides assistance to adults who have been members of the armed forces and now have a visual impairment.
Military Museum Scotland is a
military history museum in Wilkieston that covers Scottish military history from the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
to the present day.
External links
Canmore - Wilkieston, Linburn House Estate, Linburn Park
Villages in West Lothian
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