LINLITHGOW & BLACKNESS CASTLE (10 MILES, 16 KM) ROUTE

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9 B 08B 090 80 LINLITHGOW & BLACKNESS CASTLE (10 MILES, 16 KM) A loop route through the rich history of West Lothian ROUTE DESCRIPTION ROUTE LEVEL CLASSIFICATIONS

Setting off from the historic town of Introductory Intermediate Challenging Linlithgow, historically the county town of West Lothian, this loop route gives a true DISTANCE <15 KM DISTANCE 15-35 KM DISTANCE >35 KM insight into the area’s rich history. TERRAIN FEW TO NO HILLS TERRAIN SOME HILLS TERRAIN HILLY Beginning close to Linlithgow Palace, the THE DISTANCES MAY VARY SLIGHTLY FROM THE CLASSIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF HILLS AND THE NATURE OF THE ROUTE birthplace of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots, the route heads east before FRIENDLY STOPS turning northwards towards the village LINLITHGOW CANAL CENTRE of Blackness on the banks of the Firth of (café and museum - Apr to Sept) Forth. Manse Rd, EH49 6AJ, 01506 671215 Insert photo Here Explore the long and bloody history of MANNERSTONS CAFÉ & FARM SHOP Blackness Castle, which dates back to the 1A Mannerston Holdings, EH49 7LY 15th Century, before riding the gentle, up- 01506 834949 hill roads to return towards Linlithgow. HOUSE OF THE BINNS Binns View, EH49 7NA 01506 830175 Insert photo Here THE LOBSTER POT 18 The Square, Blackness EH49 7NL 01506 830086