Almond Valley is a special place where adults and children can spend the day together, exploring, discovering, and having fun. There’s something for everyone on a green, riverside site stretching almost half a mile. The centuries-old mill and farm buildings...

Beecraigs Country Park sits high in the Bathgate Hills, to the south of Linlithgow, with excellent views of the surrounding countryside. As well as enjoying walks through the woods you can try your hand at many outdoor activities including: target...

Run entirely by a group of dedicated volunteers as a charitable trust, this museum has been open in the heart of Bathgate since 1989. It was established in order to protect and preserve the history of the town, and...

Situated in a beautiful location on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth looking across to Fife. The castle was built in the 15th Century by one of the most powerful families in Scotland, the Crichtons, the fortress...

Broxburn Library is one of the key cultural and social meeting points and places of reference in this community. It contains a massive archive of texts and audiovisual pieces that are available for loan and to be studied in...

Heriot Watt University is based on the edge of Edinburgh and has a fine museum within it that features a great deal of historic artefacts and artworks that have been collected over a period of many centuries. The collections are...

Hopetoun House, one of Scotlands grandest stately homes, is situated 12 miles from the centre of Edinburgh and set in magnificent parkland. It is a splendid example of Scottish architects Sir William Bruce and William Adam and is not to...

This must be one of Scotland’s most closely passed archaeological sites. Huly Hill is a large and well preserved Bronze Age burial cairn adjacent to Newbridge Roundabout. The grassy burial cairn, or tumulus, was originally surrounded by a standing stone...

The Linlithgow Canal Centre sits by the Linlithgow basin on the Edinburgh & Glasgow Union Canal. Enjoy a barge trip to the Avon Aqueduct, passing through lush countryside en route. The canal has no locks but follows the lie of...

This community library is one of the most important cultural meeting points in the town, and is relied upon by local people and many visitors who come here. It has a large collection of books across a range of...

Whitburn Community Museum is mainly focussed on the heavy industrial past that has shaped the area into what it is through its rise and decline. There are a series of reconstructed scenes, including the interior of an early 20th...