Destination: The ‘Lothian’ Councils
In Destination: The ‘Lothian’ Councils we will be looking at East Lothian, Midlothian, and West Lothian councils. These councils border City of Edinburgh council. We will start with East Lothian Council which has much more to see than just Dunbar and beaches. It is also filled with history, hiking, and horses!
East Lothian Council
North Berwick & Longniddry
Haddington
West Saltoun & Humbie
Longniddry
Musselburgh
Musselburgh & Newhailes
Midlothian Council
The reason that I included the Lothian Councils is because of Rosslyn Chapel. Of course, when I expanded Google maps, I found so much more! The one thing that I didn’t find was an explanation for spelling the village ‘Roslin’ and the chapel ‘Rosslyn’. The castle can be spelled both ‘Roslin’ and ‘Rosslyn’. If you know why there are two different spellings, please share in the comments!
Fala & Crichton & Beyond
Rosslyn in Roslin
Penicuik
Hiking between Castlelaw Hill Fort & Coventer Memorial
Cousland & Dalkieth
- Cousland Smiddy Trust: local history museum
- Cousland Castle
- Newton Tower (upper left corner castle)
- Marble Basin (upper left corner camera)
- Fort Douglas Adventure Park
- Dalkeith Country Park
- Dalkeith Palace
- Old Victorian air shaft
Midlothian Council bordering Edinburgh
West Lothian Council
If you enjoy nature and hiking, expand Google Maps for this area. There’s so much more than I can cover here. Besides, every time I look at a map, I find more fascinating things to see and do! West Lothian Council has much more to explore than just Linlithgow Palace.
West Lothian Parks, Reserves & Zoos
Linlithgow Palace
- Hope Monument
- Linlithgow Loch
- Linlithgow Palace (Endorsed by one of my Scotland experts!)
- Linlithgow Hidden Gems
- The Cross Well
- Preston House
- Cockleroy Hill
- Lochcote Dam
- Riccarton Hill Cairn
Abercorn to Winchburgh
Upper Linlithgow
Finishing Destination: The ‘Lothian’ Councils
When I started looking at the Lothian councils on Google maps, I only came up with a few places for each council. Once I expanded Google maps to really look, as you know from this post, there are so many places to see and things to do in each council. I keep having to remind myself to concentrate on what I do get to see in Scotland on this trip. There are so many amazing things that I don’t think that you can choose wrong for where to go or what to see. What I’ve seen in the Facebook travel groups is that people start planning their next trip back to Scotland before they even leave the airport!
All of the images came from Pixabay. A special thanks to photographers: wenzlerdesign for Tantallon Castle Bass Rock, OliveriraTP for Penicuik House Mansion, niki_vogt for United Kingdom Scotland, ScottDWelch forLinlithgow Palace Scenic, and martinbird82 for 2 Linlithgow Castle images.
