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Beside the old railway to Penicuik
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.2km<br/>A newish development in this old mining community, bordered by the Penicuik-Musselburgh Foot & Cycleway.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>One of many 'dead' pubs around the Lothians
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.3km<br/>Now a cycle path, this was once a railway to Galashiels via Peebles with a branch to Penicuik.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>Part of the vast new housing developments south of Bonnyrigg. Building has just started here.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>Passing the Hopefield estate heading for Rosewell.
©james denham
Dist:0.4km<br/>Construction of houses on the land between Bonnyrigg and the new bypass. Bonnyrigg is expanding rapidly southwards.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.4km<br/>On what I presume is a 'brownfield' site left after mining stopped. Taken from the Penicuik to Musselburgh Foot and Cycleway.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.7km<br/>Public House on Polton Street, Bonnyrigg
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.7km<br/>Farm buildings being turned into residential properties.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.7km<br/>No comment!
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.7km<br/>The conversion is complete by the looks of things ( [[29023]] ).
©Callum Black
Dist:0.7km<br/>
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.8km<br/>With Allermuir and Caerketton Hills in the Pentlands in the distance.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.8km<br/>View SW, towards Hawthornden; ex-NBR Edinburgh - Hawthornden Penicuik/Peebles and Galashiels lines. The line to Peebles and Galashiels was closed on 5/2/62 but the Penicuik branch lasted until 27/3/67, Bonnyrigg station having closed to passengers on 10/9/62 (10 days before this photograph), and to goods on 25/1/65.
©Ben Brooksbank

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