Pumpherston is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. Originally a small industrial village housing works for the nearby shale mine and works, it now forms the eastern part of the new town of Livingston
The last remains of a shale bing by Pumpherston
The corner of Pumpherston road and Drumshoreland road
Broxburn is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is 12 miles from the West End of Edinburgh, 5 miles from Edinburgh Airport and 5 miles to the north of Livingston. Originally a village known as Easter
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…Sybil Cavanagh et al. There is evidence of the Roman occupation approximately two miles north east of Pumpherston - at Roman Camp, near Broxburn. Pumpherston shares a primary school, Pumpherston & Uphall Station Community Primary School, with near neighbour Uphall Station. For secondary education…
The junction of East and West Main Street in central Broxburn
West Main Street and Station Road
Former Broxburn shale oil works, taken from the top of the bing of spoil from the works. The surviving buildings of the works, now known as Albyn Industrial Estate, are in the middle of the picture. The villages of Broxburn and, to the right, Uphall are beyond and Livingston is visible on the skyline.
The Union Canal at Broxburn, looking west