Newtongrange Mining Museum Town Trail
- Blackford and Braid Hills
- Carnethy
- Cockenzie to Aberlady
- Dalkeith Country Park
- Dalmeny
- Dryden Tower Circuit
- Dunbar cliff-top trail
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- Edinburgh city centre to Royal Botanic Garden
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- Gifford Community Path Network
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- Gore Glen Woodland Park
- Hill End Trail
- Holyrood Park and Arthur's Seat
- Mount Lothian
- Newtongrange Mining Museum Town Trail
- Nine Mile Burn - West Kip - Nine Mile Burn
- North Berwick Law
- North Esk Reservoir
- Pencaitland and Ormiston Community Path Network
- Penicuik to Musselburgh Cycleway
- Pentland Peaks
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- Roslin and the North Esk Valley
- Roslin Glen
- Stobshiel - Lammer Law - Longyester
- Vogrie Country Park: Tyne Valley Path
- Vogrie: Blinkbonny Circuit
Starting and ending at the Scottish Mining Museum, during this walk you will encounter many historic buildings associated with the mining industry and wonderful views of Arthurs Seat and the Pentland Hills.
Distance: 3.3km
Approximate time: 01:15 (hrs:mins)
Height gain: 0 metres
OS Map: Explorer 345 Lammermuir Hills
The Newtongrange Mining Museum Town Trail begins and ends at the Scottish Mining Museum, in Midlothian, a 5-star visitor attraction offering a fascinating glimpse into the world of the coal miner. Formerly the Lady Victoria Colliery, it is the most intact model colliery complex of its date (1890) and features a community garden, developed by the BBC Beechgrove Garden team. The mine scenes for the film 'Margaret's Museum' starring Helena Bonham-Carter were filmed here in 1994 and the film is available on DVD.
On leaving the main entrance, turn right crossing the road and walk up Stobhill Road, and turn into Monkswood Road. In the course of this route, you will encounter many historic buildings associated with the mining industry. Among them the single storey brick cottages following the completion of the Lady Victoria pit in 1896. These streets are simply numbered First Street to Tenth Street and as there are no street signs at the top of the streets, you?ll have to count your way to Seventh Street!
From Park Road turn into Welfare Park with wonderful views of Arthur's Seat and the Pentland Hills, and the Newtongrange War Memorial. There will also be an opportunity to visit The Dean Tavern, which is one of the last 'Gothenburg' pubs (so named following a model imported from Gothenburg in Sweden where the pub hands over a percentage of its profits for local cultural purposes), still operating in Scotland.
Access
Start and finish at museum car park where there are regular buses to Newtongrange from Edinburgh.
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