Loanhead
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Loanhead is a small town in Midlothian, Scotland. Loanhead was a tiny village first recorded on maps in 1599 and granted a town charter in 1669.
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At 10.45am on Wednesday, December 17, Traffic Scotland told motorists that the A720 at Straiton was restricted with traffic backing up onto the M8.
Edinburgh bypass drivers warned of delays as traffic slow due to 'incident'
www.edinburghlive.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
At 10.45am on Wednesday, December 17, Traffic Scotland told motorists that the A720 at Straiton was restricted with traffic backing up onto the M8.
The northern footway along #Loanhead Road will be widened for shared use. A new zebra crossing will be installed on Edgefield Relief Road. Works will upgrade the #Straiton Pond Path with a new surface and lighting, making it an all-weather route. www.midlothianview.com/news/midloth...
Midlothian Council secures £1.2 million to deliver active travel infrastructure projects - Midlothian View
Midlothian Councillors on Tuesday heard that the council has been awarded £1,220,416 from the Scottish Government.
www.midlothianview.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The northern footway along #Loanhead Road will be widened for shared use. A new zebra crossing will be installed on Edgefield Relief Road. Works will upgrade the #Straiton Pond Path with a new surface and lighting, making it an all-weather route. www.midlothianview.com/news/midloth...
🎄 #Loanhead Parish Church announce their Christmas Events including the ever popular Christingle Service on Christmas Eve 🎄
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December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🎄 #Loanhead Parish Church announce their Christmas Events including the ever popular Christingle Service on Christmas Eve 🎄
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🎅 Loanhead’s Santa is back! 🎅
🎁 Santa is raising funds for #Loanhead Gala Day.
💷 Cash | 💳 Card | 🌐 JustGiving
📍 Daily lists of areas Santa will visit from 14th Dec will be posted on Facebook.
💝 Donate here: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
📅 Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/g/1YYh...
🎁 Santa is raising funds for #Loanhead Gala Day.
💷 Cash | 💳 Card | 🌐 JustGiving
📍 Daily lists of areas Santa will visit from 14th Dec will be posted on Facebook.
💝 Donate here: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
📅 Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/g/1YYh...
Help raise £1000 to support Loanhead Children's Gala Day – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to support Loanhead Children's Gala Day. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎅 Loanhead’s Santa is back! 🎅
🎁 Santa is raising funds for #Loanhead Gala Day.
💷 Cash | 💳 Card | 🌐 JustGiving
📍 Daily lists of areas Santa will visit from 14th Dec will be posted on Facebook.
💝 Donate here: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
📅 Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/g/1YYh...
🎁 Santa is raising funds for #Loanhead Gala Day.
💷 Cash | 💳 Card | 🌐 JustGiving
📍 Daily lists of areas Santa will visit from 14th Dec will be posted on Facebook.
💝 Donate here: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
📅 Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/g/1YYh...
The @specsaversuk.bsky.social at #Straiton Sainsbury's has now closed and will reopen on Monday the 15th of December in their new store in "Straiton retail park across the road from McDonald’s", next door to Subway. www.specsavers.co.uk/stores/strai...
Specsavers Straiton Sainsbury's Opticians & Hearing Centre
Visit our in-store opticians and audiologists at Specsavers Straiton Sainsbury's for eye health and hearing services, plus a great range of glasses and more.
www.specsavers.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The @specsaversuk.bsky.social at #Straiton Sainsbury's has now closed and will reopen on Monday the 15th of December in their new store in "Straiton retail park across the road from McDonald’s", next door to Subway. www.specsavers.co.uk/stores/strai...
A Midlothian pensioner who died at a care home after choking on food should have been under supervision by staff while eating, an inquiry has ruled. Anne Amos, 72, tragically passed away on September 13 2021 at Pine Villa Nursing Home in #Loanhead. www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
Midlothian woman was given toast and tea before being found dead in her room
Anne Amos, 72, had been receiving care at the facility. Her cause of death was confirmed as choking on food, Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
www.edinburghlive.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A Midlothian pensioner who died at a care home after choking on food should have been under supervision by staff while eating, an inquiry has ruled. Anne Amos, 72, tragically passed away on September 13 2021 at Pine Villa Nursing Home in #Loanhead. www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
Planning application submitted by @homebargins.bsky.social for display of illuminated signage for a Café and GardenWorld as they expand into the former Dunelm premises next to their current store at #Straiton Retail Park. planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk/OnlinePlanni...
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Planning application submitted by @homebargins.bsky.social for display of illuminated signage for a Café and GardenWorld as they expand into the former Dunelm premises next to their current store at #Straiton Retail Park. planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk/OnlinePlanni...
Family-run Pentland Plants in #Loanhead is growing 60,000 festive poinsettias just in time for Christmas, supplying garden centres across Scotland and beyond. 🌺🎄 #Christmas #Poinsettia www.scotsman.com/news/family-...
Meet the family growing 60,000 poinsettias for Scotland just in time for Christmas
The family business has been running for over a hundred years.
www.scotsman.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Family-run Pentland Plants in #Loanhead is growing 60,000 festive poinsettias just in time for Christmas, supplying garden centres across Scotland and beyond. 🌺🎄 #Christmas #Poinsettia www.scotsman.com/news/family-...
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #stripes. So here are a few birds showing off their stripes. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Barred Owl (Strix varia), Common Kestrel (Falco Tinnunculus) and a Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) enjoying a snack. #Birds 🪶 #Photography
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #stripes. So here are a few birds showing off their stripes. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Barred Owl (Strix varia), Common Kestrel (Falco Tinnunculus) and a Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) enjoying a snack. #Birds 🪶 #Photography
Scottish gin maker Rutland Square Spirits has been granted permission to turn two units at Bilston Glen Industrial Estate into a distribution base despite objections from a local community council. #Midlothian #Loanhead www.midlothianview.com/news/drinks-...
Drinks firm gets go ahead for new Bilston base - Midlothian View
A Scottish gin company has been given the go ahead to run its distribution base in Midlothian despite objections from a local community council.
www.midlothianview.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Scottish gin maker Rutland Square Spirits has been granted permission to turn two units at Bilston Glen Industrial Estate into a distribution base despite objections from a local community council. #Midlothian #Loanhead www.midlothianview.com/news/drinks-...
Shortly before noon, multiple police vehicles were seen “surrounding” an area near #Straiton, #Loanhead, close to a nature reserve beside the A720. www.facebook.com/share/p/17J4...
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Shortly before noon, multiple police vehicles were seen “surrounding” an area near #Straiton, #Loanhead, close to a nature reserve beside the A720. www.facebook.com/share/p/17J4...
🎅❄️🎄🎁🌟Christmas lights switch on today at 5:45pm @ Fountain Green #Loanhead🌟🎁🎄❄️🎅
🎅❄️🎄🎁🌟Christmas Events, This Saturday, 29th Nov, in #Loanhead🌟🎁🎄❄️🎅
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
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17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
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10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🎅❄️🎄🎁🌟Christmas lights switch on today at 5:45pm @ Fountain Green #Loanhead🌟🎁🎄❄️🎅
🎄🎅✨#Loanhead Parish Church Christmas Fair and Santa’s Grotto on now. ✨🎅🎄
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November 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🎄🎅✨#Loanhead Parish Church Christmas Fair and Santa’s Grotto on now. ✨🎅🎄
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🎅❄️🎄🎁🌟Christmas Events, This Saturday, 29th Nov, in #Loanhead🌟🎁🎄❄️🎅
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🎅❄️🎄🎁🌟Christmas Events, This Saturday, 29th Nov, in #Loanhead🌟🎁🎄❄️🎅
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
The Landmark Trust has been awarded £5.3 million to restore the building to its former grandeur. #MavisbankHouse #Loanhead www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now...
Abandoned 18th century Scottish mansion and former asylum seen in creepy photos
The remarkable mansion was built in the 1720s by architect William Adam for Sir John Clerk of Penicuik.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Landmark Trust has been awarded £5.3 million to restore the building to its former grandeur. #MavisbankHouse #Loanhead www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now...
The Speak Their Name Suicide Memorial Quilt is on display at #Loanhead Parish Church until Sun 30th Dec. Each square remembers someone lost to suicide. An opportunity to reflect, remember and break the silence around suicide. ❤️🕊️ #MentalHealth www.midlothianview.com/news/suicide...
Suicide memorial quilt to be displayed in Midlothian - Midlothian View
Speak Their Name is bringing its powerful Lothian Suicide Memorial Quilt Exhibition to venues across Midlothian.
www.midlothianview.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The Speak Their Name Suicide Memorial Quilt is on display at #Loanhead Parish Church until Sun 30th Dec. Each square remembers someone lost to suicide. An opportunity to reflect, remember and break the silence around suicide. ❤️🕊️ #MentalHealth www.midlothianview.com/news/suicide...
🎅❄️🎄🎁🌟Christmas Events, This Saturday, 29th Nov, in #Loanhead🌟🎁🎄❄️🎅
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🎅❄️🎄🎁🌟Christmas Events, This Saturday, 29th Nov, in #Loanhead🌟🎁🎄❄️🎅
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
10:00-12:00 Christmas Fair and Santa's Grotto @ Loanhead Church
www.facebook.com/events/12704...
17:45 Christmas Lights Switch On @ Fountain Green
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
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The graffiti tunnel at Loanhead. Daughter loves the pokemon ones.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The graffiti tunnel at Loanhead. Daughter loves the pokemon ones.
Dhaba36 is now open in #Loanhead - dhaba36.co.uk/loanhead/
Dhaba36 Loanhead – Indian Restaurant
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November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Dhaba36 is now open in #Loanhead - dhaba36.co.uk/loanhead/
🎄✨🎅☃️ #Loanhead Christmas Lights Switch-On ☃️🎅✨🎄
Saturday, 29th November 5:45pm at Fountain Green
#Christmas #ChristmasLights #ChristmasSwitchOn #FestiveSeason
More details 👇
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
Saturday, 29th November 5:45pm at Fountain Green
#Christmas #ChristmasLights #ChristmasSwitchOn #FestiveSeason
More details 👇
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🎄✨🎅☃️ #Loanhead Christmas Lights Switch-On ☃️🎅✨🎄
Saturday, 29th November 5:45pm at Fountain Green
#Christmas #ChristmasLights #ChristmasSwitchOn #FestiveSeason
More details 👇
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
Saturday, 29th November 5:45pm at Fountain Green
#Christmas #ChristmasLights #ChristmasSwitchOn #FestiveSeason
More details 👇
www.facebook.com/events/77791...
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Few more Nordic migrants percolating into Midlothian this week. Still relatively low numbers. Local Jays near Loanhead occasionally showing well. Counted 7 today criss-crossing Hewan Bog. #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Few more Nordic migrants percolating into Midlothian this week. Still relatively low numbers. Local Jays near Loanhead occasionally showing well. Counted 7 today criss-crossing Hewan Bog. #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
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Suppose I should get the proper camera out at some point. ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
And heated Y fronts.
🎵 Chestnuts roasting on an open fire... 🎵
And heated Y fronts.
🎵 Chestnuts roasting on an open fire... 🎵
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Suppose I should get the proper camera out at some point. ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
And heated Y fronts.
🎵 Chestnuts roasting on an open fire... 🎵
And heated Y fronts.
🎵 Chestnuts roasting on an open fire... 🎵
Building Warrant submitted by T.J.Morris Ltd, parent company to Home Bargains, to alter and convert existing Home Bargains and former Dunelm retail units to form 1 retail unit with new mezzanine floor within #Straiton Retail Park #Loanhead. planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk/OnlinePlanni...
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Building Warrant submitted by T.J.Morris Ltd, parent company to Home Bargains, to alter and convert existing Home Bargains and former Dunelm retail units to form 1 retail unit with new mezzanine floor within #Straiton Retail Park #Loanhead. planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk/OnlinePlanni...
Planning Application submitted for change of use from a flatted dwelling to a House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) at 5 The Loan #Loanhead, above the former Colyn Hynd hairdressing. planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk/OnlinePlanni...
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Planning Application submitted for change of use from a flatted dwelling to a House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) at 5 The Loan #Loanhead, above the former Colyn Hynd hairdressing. planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk/OnlinePlanni...