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Explore West Calder in United Kingdom
West Calder in the region of Scotland with its 2,769 inhabitants is a place in United Kingdom - some 331 mi or ( 533 km ) North-West of London , the country's capital city .
Time in West Calder is now 10:44 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Whitburn, Torphichen, Stirling, Sheffield, and Polmont. Since you are here already, consider visiting Whitburn . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in West Calder ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
3 Men With Tourettes On A Holiday
I know your not supposed to laugh at this but it's just so damn funny when you watch it for the first time... This is a clip from a program called "Strange Behaviours" which was shown on The National ..
Historian Michael Wood interview on BBC Documentry THE STORY OF INDIA
The Story of India is a BBC TV documentary series, written and presented by historian Michael Wood, about the 10000-year history of the Indian subcontinent in six episodes. It was originally aired on ..
Compare The Meerkat Commercial 20 - (Taxi For Steve Smith)
Taxi for Steve Smith... :-o The latest in the long running Compare The Meerkat commercials... This time Steve Smith get's an unexpected surprise on a late night journey in a black cab... :-) ..
!!!CLOSED!!! Theme Parks (and rides) in unusual places competition.
More to come. Closing Date: 10 August. It can be either a theme park, a single ride (preferably a roller coaster) a water park or a zoo, whatever you want. The following entries have been accepted: In ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Burngrange mining disaster
Burngrange is an area of the Scottish village West Calder. Situated at the far west of the village it mainly consists of housing constructed for the areas mining industry in the early 20th century. On 10 January 1947, Burngrange was witness to its worst underground mining disaster, in which 15 miners perished. Burngrange Shale Mine was situated 16 miles south-west of Edinburgh in the Parish of West Calder in the County of Midlothian. It was owned by Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co.
Located at 55.85 -3.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Polbeth
Polbeth is a former oil shale mining village located about a mile from West Calder, and not far from Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
Located at 55.86 -3.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Addiewell
Addiewell is a former mining village in the Scottish council area of West Lothian. A new prison, HMP Addiewell, opened in 2008.
Located at 55.85 -3.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Harburn railway station
Harburn railway station was situated on the Caledonian Railway line between Carstairs railway station and Edinburgh. It was closed by the Beeching Axe. To the south were Cobbinshaw railway station and Auchengray railway station.
Located at 55.84 -3.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Seafield, West Lothian
Seafield is a small village in West Lothian, Scotland. Seafield lies 1+⁄4 miles east of Blackburn and 2 miles southeast of Bathgate. The village lies between the River Almond to the south and the M8 motorway to the north. Seafield has many good community amenities such as a primary school, community centre, shop, hotel, bowling club and annual Gala day. It is also home to Seafield & District Pipe Band, which has strong ties to the successful solo piper Chris Armstrong.
Located at 55.88 -3.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
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