Bonnyrigg
Place in Midlothian, Scotland
| Coordinates: | 55.874, -3.113 |
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| OS grid ref: | NT 30 65 |
| Population: | 16,360 |
Bonnyrigg is a former mining town in south-eastern Midlothian, Scotland, sitting amid the rolling farmland and wooded river valleys that characterise the county. It lies within easy reach of Edinburgh, making it part of the city’s commuter belt, but still retains visible traces of its 19th‑ and early 20th‑century coal and shale‑oil industries in its street patterns and older buildings.
Today the town combines suburban housing and modern retail with a lively local community: there are active sports clubs, notably the non‑league football side Bonnyrigg Rose, and nearby heritage attractions such as the National Mining Museum at Newtongrange that celebrate the area’s industrial past. Economically the town is mixed - many residents commute into Edinburgh or work in local services and light industry - while ongoing housing and amenity developments reflect its role as a growing Midlothian centre.
Postcode districts covering Bonnyrigg
Most populated places nearby
- Edinburgh 5.7 miles
- Livingston 16.4 miles
- Dunfermline 18.5 miles
- Kirkcaldy and Dysart 16.7 miles
- Glenrothes 22.4 miles
- Musselburgh 5.1 miles
- Bathgate 20.3 miles
- Penicuik 4.8 miles
- Broxburn 14.8 miles
- Bo'ness 21.3 miles
- Rosyth 16.5 miles
- Linlithgow 20.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Newbattle Place 1.6 miles
- Loanhead Place 1.8 miles
- Rosewell Place 1.8 miles
- Dalkeith Place 2.2 miles
- Mayfield Place 2.3 miles
- Roslin Place 2.4 miles
- Liberton/Gilmerton Ward 2.6 miles
- Danderhall Place 2.7 miles
- Bilston Place 2.7 miles
- Midlothian West Ward 2.8 miles
- Millerhill and Newton Village Place 2.9 miles
- Gorebridge Place 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Bonnyrigg
EH19 3GA, EH19 3QA, EH19 3EZ, EH18 1LQ, EH19 2JW, EH18 1HL, EH19 2AN, EH19 2DA, EH19 3RW … See all
Transport links
- Edinburgh Airport 11.3 miles
- Glasgow International Airport 51.2 miles
- Newcraighall Railway Station 4.2 miles
- Musselburgh Railway Station 4.4 miles
Hotels near Bonnyrigg Ad
- The Melville Inn by Innkeeper's Collection 4 1.6 miles
- Prestonfield House 5 4.8 miles
- Hotel Ceilidh-Donia 3 4.8 miles
- Dalhousie Castle Hotel & Spa 4 1.5 miles
- The Witchery by the Castle 5 6.1 miles
- The Rutland Hotel & Apartments 4 6.4 miles
- The Lane Hotel 4 5.2 miles
- Market Street Hotel 4 6.1 miles
- The Scholar 4 5 miles
- The Craigie 4 5.5 miles
Schools in Bonnyrigg
- Bonnyrigg Primary School Primary
- Burnbrae Primary School Primary
- Hawthornden Primary School Primary
- Lasswade High School Centre Secondary
- Lasswade Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Melville Castle Historic site 1.7 miles
- Newbattle Abbey College 1.8 miles
- Newbattle Abbey Historic site 1.9 miles
- Scottish Mining Museum Museum 2 miles
- Dalkeith Palace Historic site 2.5 miles
- Dalkeith House Estate 2.6 miles
- Baker's Avenue Wood Forest 3.7 miles
- Kings Buildings University 4.2 miles
- Charlisle Wood Forest 4.3 miles
- Braid Hills Hill 4.3 miles
- William Wood Forest 4.7 miles
- Newhailes Country house 4.8 miles