Winchburgh

Winchburgh Village is a village in the Council area of West Lothian, Scotland. It is located approximately 10mi west of the city-centre of Edinburgh, 6mi east of Linlithgow and 3mi northeast of Broxburn.PopulationThe 2001 census recorded around 2,000.Public transportThere are regular scheduled buses to and from surrounding places including Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Falkirk, South Queensferry and Broxburn.Buses following Route number 38 travel to and from Edinburgh to Linlithgow/Falkirk/Stirling, via Winchburgh. There is also a 38A service which follows almost the same route as the 38 but serves the Gyle shopping centre on the journey to and from Edinburgh running from 7.11am to 4.24pm inbetween the regular 38.Buses following route 22A travel to and from South Queensferry and Livingston via Winchburgh on an hourly serviceThe mainline railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street goes through the Winchburgh Tunnel, under the village. Until it was closed in 1930, there was a passenger station at the north end of the tunnel. The construction of the Winchburgh Tunnel was supervised by the noted Scottish Civil Engineer, John Gibb. West Lothian Council have been promoting a plan to reopen the station by 2018.SportNiddrie Castle Golf Club has an 18-hole, 5914 yards long, par 70 golf course, located in and around the grounds of the historic Niddry Castle. The club was established in 1926.