THINGS TO DO
LINLITHGOW (Home of the Stewart Kings and Mary Queen of Scots)
- A little bit of history: find out more here
- A good start to plan your day: check here for the best places to visit.
- Why not try a day out on the canal, you pass over it every time you drive up our driveway: Canal centre details.
EDINBURGH (only 23 minutes by train to the city centre)
- What to do? Things to do in Edinburgh
- Find a good introduction at: Rabies coach tours of Edinburgh
- Also check: Slightly different things to do
GLASGOW
- Best things to do in Glasgow: Timeout/best-things-to-do-in-glasgow
- Budget guide to Glasgow : Good value way to see Glasgow
STIRLING
(Ancient monuments, castles, battlefields and National heroes)
- Stirling castle website: Enjoy a day trip to this magnificent castle
- Enjoy magnificent Stirling: Some attractions in Stirling
WALKING AND WILDLIFE
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs (beautiful Scotland): Reasons-to-visit-loch-lomond-and-the-trossachs/
- A park full of interesting activities near Linlithgow: Beecraigs-Country-Park-Map
CANAL (at the bottom of the hill)
- Why not try a day out on the canal, you pass over it every time you drive up our driveway: check: Click here for Canal Centre details
FESTIVALS
(Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and the Military Tattoo is the biggest in the world)
- Edinburgh festival: Festival website
- The Fringe festival has something interesting for everyone. We’ve been going for forty years and every year there’s something spectacular and new: All the fun of the Fringe
- Linlithgow’s very own festival: Linlithgowfolk.com
CYCLING
- One of the best bike shops with a fabulous selection of routes in the lovely Trossachs (one of the most beautiful areas in Scotland): Scottish-cycling.com
- A great selection of bike routes and bikes for all standards: Glentressforest.com
- Electric bikes Linlithgow: Easygoebikes.com
- Good bike shop in Linlithgow: Elevationcycles
- Loch Lomond and Trossachs viewpoints: Interesting destinations
- Some easy cycling near Linlithgow: Beecraigs cycling
HISTORIC SITES
- Grand house near Linlithgow: Hopetoun House
- Linlithgow Palace: Linlithgow Palace
- A 15th Century fortress on the water: Blackness Castle
- Robert the Bruce and the Battle of Bannockburn: Bannockburn
RESTAURANTS AND BARS
- Test text: https://gastroranking.co.uk/restaurants/scotland/edimburgh-and-lothian/west-lothian/linlithgow/
- http://champany.com/ We love to enjoy a good meal here on a special occasion
- https://www.timeout.com/edinburgh/bars-and-pubs/the-best-bars-in-edinburgh
MUSEUMS
- Test text: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum
- https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/
- https://www.whatsonstirling.co.uk/attractions/museums/
- https://www.linlithgowmuseum.org/
ART & CULTURE
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-portrait-gallery This is Solly’s favourite
https://www.jupiterartland.org/artwork A special day out
https://www.timeout.com/edinburgh/art-culture