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©Peter Gordon
Looking north towards the High Street, a mixture of housing and architectural styles.
©M J Richardson
The road running through the east end of the village.
©james denham
The blue plaque on this cottage records the fact that the explorer and botanist George Forrest (1873-1932) left it in 1904 at the start of his first expedition to China, where he spent 17 years as a botanical collector. It also mentions that plants collected him carry the botanical name Forrestii.
©Morley Sewell
Dist:0.1km<br/>A new 9-house 'courtyard' development on the north side of Lasswade Road [the A768] in Loanhead.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Near the site of the old railway station and town centre there are some fine examples of decorative street furniture - seats, railings, tree protectors and sculpture.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Presumably miner and pit pony, but no information on the work except that it was sculpted by Alan Heriot [sic - it should be Herriot] 1987, and was commissioned by Loanhead & District Community Council.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>The footpath and cycleway on the former railway line that runs through the town to Roslin via Bilston Burn.
©Jim Barton
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©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>This bronze sculpture by Andrew Burton is known as the Coghorn, for obvious reasons, and dates from 1999.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>A courtyard development of modern housing on the outskirts of Loanhead
©Tom Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>A reciprocal view of Andrew Burton's sculpture [[947482]] in the town centre.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>The path and cycleway of the Tyne Esk Trail here passes effortlessly beneath the traffic in the centre of Loanhead.
©Jim Barton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Where it leads off from Polton Road, and goes into Copper Wood, an estate of new houses.
©M J Richardson
Dist:0.2km<br/>A monument dedicated to the men who lost their lives in accidents at Bilston Glen Colliery during its working life [fifteen, from 1957 to 1986], and all others who lost their lives in mining accidents in the community of Loanhead. Unveiled on 23 August 2008.
©M J Richardson

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