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Attractions near Harthill
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Polkemmet Country Park
(1 Mile)*
Discover a world of excitement at West Lothian's Polkemmet Country Park, where the clock has been turned back and a large area of neglected ground restored to its place as a focal point of the community. |
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Livingston's Countryside
(8 Miles)*
The Ranger Service, based at Polkemmet Country Park, offers activities, clubs and advice to the public. |
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Beecraigs Country Park
(8 Miles)*
Just three miles south of historic Linlithgow, nestled high in the scenic Bathgate Hills, West Lothian Council caters for a wide range of leisure and recreational interests within its 370 hectare (913 acre) Country Park. |
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Callendar House
(9 Miles)*
Callendar House encapsulates 600 years of Scotland's history from medieval times to the twentieth century. Great historical figures like Mary Queen of Scots, Cromwell and Bonnie Prince Charlie have visited the house. |
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Linlithgow Story
(9 Miles)*
Linlithgow's Museum, The Linithgow Story, is situated in Annet House on the Royal Burgh's historic High Street. Annet House is, in itself, part of the town's history, being built in 1787 as home to one of the town's merchant families. |
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Summerlee Industrial Museum
(11 Miles)*
The Heritage Park's 22 acres are based around the site of the 19th Century Summerlee Ironworks, a fore-runner in the use of what was at the time the ground-breaking hot blast iron smelting process that led Coatbridge to become known as the Iron Burgh. |
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Motherwell Heritage Centre
(11 Miles)*
The main feature of the centre is the multi-media 'Technopolis' facility This takes the visitor from the arrival of the Romans in the area, through the rise and fall of heavy industry to the present day regeneration of the district. |
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Almondell & Calderwood Country Park
(11 Miles)*
A large country park incorporating two previously private estates, featuring many woodland and riverside walks, picnic areas, barbecue sites and open spaces for children to run and play in. |
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Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
(11 Miles)*
The Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway is home to an exciting collection of railway buildings, locomotives, equipment, carriages and wagons. |
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House of the Binns
(12 Miles)*
An Edinburgh butter merchant, Thomas Dalyell, who had made his fortune at the court of King James VI and I in London, built the House of the Binns between 1612 and 1630. |
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Blackness Castle
(13 Miles)*
Blackness Castle was built in the 1440s, and was restored in the 1920s by the Office of Works. |
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Lanark Museum
(13 Miles)*
The Royal Burgh of Lanark Museum, situated near the centre of this busy market town, was established in 1990 and houses a collection of items which are used to illustrate the ancient and varied history of the town. |
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New Lanark World Heritage Site
(13 Miles)*
Over 200 years ago the beautiful sandstone cotton mills of New Lanark were founded in a dramatic gorge in Southern Scotland. Soon the village became known all over the world because of the work of mill owner and social pioneer Robert Owen. |
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Royal Burgh of Culross
(13 Miles)*
This picturesque Royal Burgh on the northern shore of the Forth is a complete community, preserved as it was in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
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Bothwell Castle
(13 Miles)*
Bothwell Castle is the largest and finest 13th century stone castle in Scotland, much fought over during the Wars of Independence. |
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