Hilderston Farm near Bathgate and Torphichen, EH48
Hilderston farm sits peacefully on the Wester Slopes of the Bathgate Hills in West Lothian. The pinnacle of the Central Lowland belt of Scotland and formerly known as the’ Hilderston Hills’.
Hilderston Farm
Not to be confused with the Hilderston further up into the Bathgate Hills where the Silver mines were. Rather, Hilderston Farm sits at the foot of the hills on their Western slope. You would pass it on your right if you were travelling between Ballencrief Toll, just outside Bathgate, and Torphichen.
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