The project wouldn’t have been possible without the help of a The trail was supported by and Town Centre Thanks also to North Light Heritage, Haven Sign Factory, Phoenix, number of local school children, residents and business owners Management Group (B-UTCMG), Broxburn Community Council and James Winnett and Brick and Stone. who took part in a number of public consultations. local planning officer Chris Alcorn.

of Port Buchan. Port of

viewfinder and rest along the bank bank the along rest and viewfinder

Take in the landscape through the the through landscape the in Take

Pretty as a picture! a as Pretty

elderly in 1987. in elderly and shops. and

of the Millenium Link Project. Link Millenium the of residential home for the the for home residential

the mines and opened restaurants, businesses businesses restaurants, opened and mines the

who still live in them today? them in live still who

closing, the site was reopened in 2001 as part part as 2001 in reopened was site the closing, converted into a a into converted

shale oil boom. They would have worked in in worked have would They boom. oil shale

workers. You might know people people know might You workers.

Having endured years of neglect after after neglect of years endured Having Middleton Hall was was Hall Middleton

Broxburn from all over Europe during the the during Europe over all from Broxburn

accommodation for the oil oil the for accommodation

was used to transport goods to . Edinburgh. to goods transport to used was

the families who came to Uphall and and Uphall to came who families the

in neat rows to provide provide to rows neat in

The Union Canal was built in 1822 and and 1822 in built was Canal Union The

Goschen Place outside the park! It illustrates illustrates It park! the outside Place Goschen

These houses were constructed constructed were houses These

Go and find the oak tree on the railing of of railing the on tree oak the find and Go

at Holygate at

nearby. Site 9 & 10. Port Buchan and the canal canal the and Buchan Port 10. & 9 Site

New Holygate neighbourhoods located located neighbourhoods Holygate New

will learn more about the Holygate and and Holygate the about more learn will

within its walls. its within continuing towards Edinburgh! You You Edinburgh! towards continuing

and the ruined castle castle ruined the and other side of the bridge the towpath towpath the bridge the of side other

building’s intriguing past past intriguing building’s Why not cross the road and find on the the on find and road the cross not Why

Find out about the the about out Find to the Orrery at the High School. School. High the at Orrery the to

discover the area further you could walk up up walk could you further area the discover

and rest on the milestone! If you wish to to wish you If milestone! the on rest and

break by grabbing a treat from the bakery bakery the from treat a grabbing by break

the last 300 years. years. 300 last the You are half way through the trail! Take a a Take trail! the through way half are You

hall has had many interesting owners throughout throughout owners interesting many had has hall

George M Barclay. From earls to the elderly, the the elderly, the to earls From Barclay. M George

Middleton Hall was built in 1707 by Reverend Reverend by 1707 in built was Hall Middleton

Site 7. Goschen Place Goschen 7. Site Site 6. Middleton Hall Middleton 6. Site Site 8. The Bakery The 8. Site

Site 1. Community Centre Site 4. Road

VOL. XC. VOL 33928 DAILY Did you know that the name Broxburn came from a badger? UPHALL & BROXBURN COURIER The artwork is an impression of Or that Uphall originates from an orchard? Start the trail by HEADLINES NEWS for today what a local newspaper might finding out a little more about the two towns, who created GLORY AT GALA DAY have looked like featuring Gala them and the famous history of the shale oil industry. Days and other sporting events.

If you feel adventurous, go and Gala Days are annual parades Uphall & Broxburn discover the old drove road held in communities around Scotland to celebrate workers. behind the community centre Match for £30 A match for this stake was played in Larkhall on Saturday between James Walkinshaw of Carnwath and Robert Wardrop of A King and Queen would have Heritage Art Trail Motherwell. This was the third leading to Binny Craig, it’s a great meeting of the players, and each had a win to his credit. Saturday’s game was the deciding one. Result: been crowned in every village. walk surrounded by nature. Walkinshaw: 61, Wardrop: 52. Quoiting was an outdoor game popular in the 1800s. The BO’NESS CHAMPIONSHIPS objective was to throw a steel The following are the arrears, but, sticking semi-finalists for the to his game, he pulled Site 2. Location Map (see overleaf) green championship: J. up and actually Crawford (holder) and crossed his opponent. W.E Robertson; A They drew level at 19, quoit from a distance towards Laird and R.Chisholm and the finish was to qualify for the exciting. semi-final. Mr Robertson seemed Mr. Robertson on to be trying game, some wooden pegs of different The wealth of history between Uphall and From woodlands to town centre locations, the trail offers an Tuesday defeated T. with the two bowls Houston after a hard near the jack. There tussle. It was a game was no disputing the in which the drawing first shot, and to powers of both settle who was values. The game was played in Broxburn is celebrated by a series of exciting array of sites and alluring visuals to discover between Uphall exponents were fully entitled to the second, demonstrated, Midway strings and callipers thro’, Mr Houston was had to be used ... (p.6) To find the next information point visit a few strokes in www.broxburnanduphall.com/heritage-art-trail teams of eight. artworks dotted around the two towns. We and Broxburn. or scan here: invite you to walk or cycle the trail to find the Site 3. Strathbrock Site 11. The Green Tree Tavern artworks and learn historical facts, (re)discover Bowls was another game played at the time. A large heavy ball Church was rolled towards a smaller ball. The aim of the game is to get the local area and enjoy stumbling upon urban as close to the smaller ball as possible. The attractive Green Tree Tavern dates back to and natural sites. Here you can admire the around 1800 and is still very popular today. Find architecture of the Norman out more about it’s history on the side of the church. Many of its original Site 5. Oatridge Hotel building and if you wish call in and say hello! The series of unique features have survived and informative site-specific including the oldest bells in artworks have been West ! created by based design studio Bespoke Atelier St Nicholas was chosen as The hoof prints represent the route that daily horse carriages and was funded by the patron saint of the parish took, passing through the town on their way to Edinburgh. Council. when the church was built. Read the plaque to learn more about the carriages timetable.