Uphall
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Uphall by Richard Webb as part of the Geograph project.
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Uphall
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 21 Sep 2005
Formerly Strathbrock, like many West Lothian towns it grew up as an oil town, making its fortune on the oilshale mining in the 19th Century. Its now more of a commuter town, with a recently reopened railway link to Edinburgh. Still too many boarded up shops.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.929108
Longitude
-3.509232