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Craigshill is a residential area in the east of Livingston, Scotland

Livingston, Scotland

Livingston is a town in West Lothian, Scotland. It is the fourth post-WWII new town to be built in Scotland, designated in 1962. It is about 15 miles west of Edinburgh and 30 miles east of Glasgow, and is bordered by the towns of Broxburn to the northeast and Bathgate to the northwest.Livingston...

, affectionately known as "Crazy Hill" by its residents. West of Craigshill is the A899

A899 road

The A899 is a road in West Lothian, Scotland, connecting Broxburn to Livingston.It runs from the East Mains Industrial Estate, through Broxburn town centre and along to Uphall, where it turns up to the Deer Park Roundabout, where it becomes a dual carriageway running through the town of Livingston...

, with Howden

Howden, Livingston

Howden is an area of the new town of Livingston, the largest town in West Lothian, Scotland. Howden is bordered by the Town Centre, Ladywell, Kirkton and Craigshill...

, Ladywell

Ladywell, Livingston

Ladywell is an area in Livingston. It is bordered to the north by Knightsridge, to the south by Howden, to the West by Eliburn and to the east by the A899.*...

and Knightsridge

Knightsridge

Knightsridge is an area within Livingston, Scotland to the north of the town. Not long after the start of the construction of Craigshill began, the construction of Knightsridge started in 1968 and finished in 1980. Most of the first residents were placed in Knightsridge, Craigshill and...

beyond, to the North is the Houstoun Industrial Estate and the village of Pumpherston

Pumpherston

Pumpherston is a small dormitory village in West Lothian, Scotland. Originally a small industrial village to the nearby shale mine and works, it now adjoins the new town of Livingston, which was constructed alongside Pumpherston in the late 1960s and quickly grew much larger than its...

History

Craigshill was the first part of the town of Livingston to be constructed starting in 1966. Prior to construction starting the area was home to Craigsfarm and Letham Holdings.

Areas

The area is dividing into 6 sections with the streets names accordingly; the "Grove"s are all named after trees, the "Street"s after Australian things, the "Drive"s and "Walk"s after rivers, the "Park"s after local hills and the "Court"s.

Schools

Craigshill has 3 primary schools - Letham, Riverside and Beatlie (formerly Almondbank Primary). Almondbank Library is next to Craigshill Shopping Mall and The Co-Operative (Formerly Somerfield, Kwicksave)

Sites

To the north of the area the Livingston Squadron of the Air Training Corps (2535) meet in Maple Grove. Craigshill also has two Public Houses - The Stirrup Stane and The Tower - and a Masonic Hall home of Lodge Almondale 1658 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Scotland.

Churches

Craigshill is also the home to 3 churches. St. Columba's Church was demolished in June 2010

Craigshill is home to West Lothian's

West Lothian

West Lothian is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire....

only mosque.

Primary sources

Wills, E (1996) Livingston: the Making of a Scottish New Town
Cowling, D (1997) An Essay for Today: the Scottish New Towns 1947-1997

External links

New Towns

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